I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

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

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

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Doth he thank that servant, because he did the things that were commanded him? I suppose not.

He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went.

Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

And he answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither have I at any time transgressed thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

And his sons did to him according as he commanded them:

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

And said to them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

According as we hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

And she said to her, All that thou sayest to me I will do.

And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

Esther had not yet showed her kindred, nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther performed the commandment of Mordecai, as when she was brought up with him.

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not to me.

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened to me:

And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he hath commanded you:

Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.

All therefore, whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but do not ye according to their works: for they say, and do not.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

And his tender affection is more abundant towards you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

So they took the money, and did as they were instructed: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.