30 Bible Verses about obeying

And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self-distrust work out your own salvation;

Jesus replied. "If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments,

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with reverence and humility, in singleness of heart as if to Christ himself;

And this is love, that we should lead our lives according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should pass your life in love.

You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.

Therefore let not sin rule as king in your mortal body, compelling you to obey its lusts.

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

For love to God means obeying his commandments; and his commandments are not irksome.

Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?

"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."

Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

thus, for example, Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are daughters of Sarah, if you do what is right, and permit nothing to make you afraid.

But Peter and the apostles said in reply.

If you are keeping the royal law, which says, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself, you are doing well.

"And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."

When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we control their whole body also.

He who says, "I know Him," but does no continue obeying his commandments, is a liar,

and the truth is not in him; bit if any man obey his word, in him truly is the love of God made perfect. By this we come to know that we are in him.

This is how we may know that we have come to know Him, by always keeping his commandments.

"My mother and brothers," he answered, "are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is well pleasing in Christians.

but a curse rests on those who have their root in the works of the Law; for it is written. Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.

in flaming fire. Then shall he take vengeance on those who know not God, even on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.