Obedient

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.

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

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

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

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

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

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?

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; — read the full passage →

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:

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.

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.

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:

the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day;

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;

Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

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

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.

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

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.

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.

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: — read the full passage →

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

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

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

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

Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue; — read the full passage →

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; — read the full passage →

And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

Now when they heardthis, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? — read the full passage →

In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. — read the full passage →

They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? — read the full passage →

that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

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. — read the full passage →

Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. — read the full passage →

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

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

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?

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

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

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

But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. — read the full passage →

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set before me.

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 →

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

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

And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

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:

and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.