Obedience

Obedience is doing what God commands. This page lists verses on love and obedience, obedience and sacrifice, being doers of the word, blessings for obedience, Christ's obedience, and obeying God rather than men.

Love and obedience

• John 14:15
  If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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• John 14:21
  He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
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• John 15:10
  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
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• 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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• 2 John 1:6
  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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Obedience better than sacrifice

• 1 Samuel 15:22
  And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams.
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• Jeremiah 7:23
  But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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Doers of the word

• James 1:22
  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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• Matthew 7:24
  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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• Luke 6:46
  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
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• Luke 11:28
  But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Blessings for obedience

• Deuteronomy 11:26-28
  ²⁶Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; ²⁷A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: ²⁸And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
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• Deuteronomy 28:1-2
  ¹And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: ²And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
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• Joshua 1:8
  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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Christ's obedience

• Philippians 2:8
  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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• Hebrews 5:8-9
  ⁸Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; ⁹And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
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• Romans 5:19
  For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
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Obeying God rather than men

• Acts 4:19
  But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
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• Acts 5:29
  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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See also

• Ten Commandments
• Love
• Faith

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.