Bible Verses about โbeing obedientโ
The Bible contains 12 verses about being obedient across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.โ
โ"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:โ
โ"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."โ
โIf you love me, keep my commandments.โ
โBut be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.โ
โObey 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.โ
โthrowing 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;โ
โYou see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.โ
โYes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.โ
โBut he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."โ
โFor as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.โ
โ"Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."โ
