Obedience To God

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

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

but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; — read the full passage →

But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. — read the full passage →

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;