35 occurrences in 12 translations

'Obedient' in the Bible

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood Ofethics, basis ofGuidance, Need For God'sRelationshipsmomsSiblingsGod's WillBrothers LoveSibling Lovemums

For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this or that,' and he does it."

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority Delegated To PeoplePeople Sending PeopleMen's OrdersObeying People

to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forReturning to the oldDesires Of The Heart

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

Paul said, “John performed a baptism of repentance, continually telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, [to confidently accept and joyfully believe] in Jesus [the Messiah and Savior].”

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfJohn's BaptismBelieve In Christ!Signs Of RepentanceBaptism

Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillSin, Causes OfSin, Effects OfSin Producing DeathContinuing In SinSin Produces DeathSubject To EvilObedienceThe Surrendered lifeslaverySurrenderObeying Godobeying

But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, 'Lord, who did give credence to our report?'

Verse ConceptsNewsUnbelief, As Response To GodNot Believing The GospelDoubting GodAcceptance

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

Verse ConceptsCurbing SpeechMere TalkObeying The Gospel

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

Verse ConceptsWriting LettersObeying The Gospel

His affection for you is even greater as he remembers how obedient all of you were and how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

Verse ConceptsObeying PeopleAnxiety And FearNervousness

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

Verse ConceptsWhat Christian Should Do AlwaysCommitment, to Jesus Christethics, and graceGrowthFearProgressTremblingObedience To GodGone AwayObeying The GospelSaving OneselfWorks Of FaithIn Men's PresenceFear God!ObedienceAbsenceExerciseWorrying About The FutureHard Work And Perseveranceobeyingreverence

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

Verse Conceptsethics, personalServants, GoodEmployeesSlavesPleasing MenAvoid QuarrelsBe Subject To People

I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, since I know that you will do even more than I ask.

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror

Verse ConceptsMirrorsHearing God's WordOne's Deeds

But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.

Verse ConceptsBeing A BlessingBeing Blesseddiscipleship, benefits ofPerfection, DivineReward, DivineSanctification, Means And ResultsScripture, Sufficiency OfHearing God's WordForgetting ThingsGod Will BlessThe Law Of ChristOne's DeedsChristian LibertyFreedom

Bible Theasaurus

Compliant (2 instances)
Complying (1 instance)
Devoted (126 instances)
Faithful (341 instances)
Obedient (80 instances)

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