Bible Verses About Obedience

“And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.”

“But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.”

“As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.”

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

“And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.”

“The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.”

““Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.””

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.””

“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.”

“For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”

“We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

“As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.”

“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.”

““Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!””

“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,”

“If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.”

“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?”

“But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.”

“I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.”

“Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?”

“But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.”

“Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.”

“Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.””

“Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.”

“Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,”

“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,”

“Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.””

“He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

“I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.””

“Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.”

“See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—”

“You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.”

“And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.”

“Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.”

“You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.”

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”

“because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.”

“Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.”

“Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”

“Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.”

“equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”

“For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.”