Bible Verses About Obedience

Bible Verses about Obedience – Obedience can be a tough topic, especially when we’re faced with choices and challenges. The Bible, however, offers guidance on how to live a life that honors God through obedience. In this post, we’ll explore various Bible verses that highlight the importance of following God’s commands and trusting His plan. These verses remind us that true obedience is not just about following rules but about having a heart that desires to do what is right. Whether you’re seeking direction or encouragement, these scriptures can help you understand the value of living a life that aligns with God’s will.

Bible Verses About Obedience

Deuteronomy 5:33 – “You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.”

John 14:15 – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

1 Samuel 15:22 – “And Samuel said, ‘Has 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 listen than the fat of rams.'”

James 1:22 – “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

Romans 6:16 – “Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin which leads to death, or of obedience which leads to righteousness?”

Hebrews 13:17 – “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.”

Exodus 19:5 – “Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine.”

Deuteronomy 6:5 – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Matthew 7:21 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

Psalm 119:60 – “I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments.”

Proverbs 4:20-21 – “My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.”

1 John 2:3 – “And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.”

Ephesians 6:1 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”

Colossians 3:20 – “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 28:1 – “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.”

Joshua 1:7 – “Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.”

Psalm 119:33 – “Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.”

1 Peter 1:14 – “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.”

Exodus 15:26 – “Saying, ‘If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.’”

Leviticus 26:3 – “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them.”

Proverbs 3:1 – “My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.”

Psalm 119:11 – “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”

Deuteronomy 10:12 – “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Jeremiah 7:23 – “But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'”

Romans 2:13 – “For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.”

1 John 5:3 – “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.”

Psalm 119:104 – “Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.”

Luke 6:46 – “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”

Matthew 5:19 – “Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

2 John 1:6 – “And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.”

Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Matthew 12:50 – “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Mark 3:35 – “For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

1 Corinthians 7:19 – “For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.”

2 Timothy 2:19 – “But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.'”

Philippians 2:12 – “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

Hebrews 5:9 – “And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:14 – “And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.”

Romans 16:26 – “But has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith.”

Proverbs 6:20 – “My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.”

John 15:10 – “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”

Acts 5:32 – “And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

Romans 15:18 – “For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed.”

Titus 1:16 – “They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.”

1 Samuel 12:14 – “If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God.”

Jeremiah 26:13 – “Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.”

Psalm 119:44 – “I will keep your law continually, forever and ever.”

Proverbs 19:16 – “Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.”

1 Kings 2:3 – “Keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.”

2 Chronicles 30:8 – “Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. And serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.”

Deuteronomy 11:1 – “You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.”

Psalm 119:57 – “The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words.”

Psalm 119:172 – “My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.”

Proverbs 12:1 – “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.”

Proverbs 13:13 – “Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.”

Isaiah 1:19 – “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.”

Jeremiah 7:5 – “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another.”

Zechariah 3:7 – “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.”

Matthew 28:20 – “Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Luke 11:28 – “But he said, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!'”

Romans 5:19 – “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.”

1 Corinthians 14:37 – “If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.”

1 Thessalonians 4:1 – “Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.”

Hebrews 11:8 – “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.”

Revelation 1:3 – “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.”

Revelation 22:14 – “Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.”

2 Corinthians 10:5 – “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.”

Ephesians 5:6 – “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.”

Philippians 2:15 – “That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.”

Colossians 2:6 – “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.”

1 Timothy 6:14 – “To keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Titus 2:5 – “To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”

1 Peter 1:22 – “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.”

2 Peter 3:11 – “Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness.”

Jude 1:21 – “Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.”

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