Obedience To God

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? 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, deceiving 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 words: 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 yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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

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

Submit yourselves therefore to God. 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 which 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 to him.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein 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 a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

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

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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

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

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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

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

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

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

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

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

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood 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 then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

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

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord 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 with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

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

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be 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 the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, 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 neighbour as thyself.

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

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

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: 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 the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. — read the full passage →

But if thou shalt indeed obey 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 obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the 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 unto the Lord.

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

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

And he said to them all, If any man will 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 without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

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

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which 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.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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

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

And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? 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 unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Wherefore, my beloved, 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, happy are ye if ye do them.

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

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

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

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: