Obeying

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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:

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 →

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. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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,

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

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.

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:

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.

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 →

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:

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 →

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

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.

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

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

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,

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

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.

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

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

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.

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.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? — read the full passage →

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.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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.

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 →

And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, isthe Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come. — read the full passage →

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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:

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; — read the full passage →

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. — 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;

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;

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church. — read the full passage →

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.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? — read the full passage →

And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages teaching.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — 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.

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 →

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.

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

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

And he entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →