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This collection has 22 Bible verses about obedience — 9 from the Old Testament and 13 from the New Testament. Psalms appears most often (4 verses), across 14 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about obedience? Read 22 carefully selected Bible verses about obedience, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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"If you love me, keep my commandments."
"But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."
"as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,"
"For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous."
"If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;"
"But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries."
"I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me."
"Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams."
"And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross."
"But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does."
"Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you."
"Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?"
"For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous."
"Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;"
"Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”"
"I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments."
"But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves."
"For he joined with Yahweh. He didn’t depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses."
"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness."
"One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”"
"Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments."
"throwing 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;"
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This collection has 22 Bible verses about obedience — 9 from the Old Testament and 13 from the New Testament. Psalms appears most often (4 verses), across 14 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about obedience? Read 22 carefully selected Bible verses about obedience, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
John 14:15 — “If you love me, keep my commandments.”
Acts 5:29 — “But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.”
1 Peter 1:14 — “as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,”
Full collection: 22 verses on this page (41% Old Testament, 59% New Testament).
This page curates 22 verses about obedience from 14 books. Psalms is the most frequent source (4 verses). Scripture touches the theme in many places; these are the ones readers look up most often for study and encouragement.
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