35 Bible Verses About Obeying God
John 14:15
“If you love me, keep my commands.”
1 Samuel 15:22
“But Samuel replied: ‘Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.”
James 1:22
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
Acts 5:29
“Peter and the other apostles replied: ‘We must obey God rather than human beings!’”
Deuteronomy 5:33
“Walk in obedience to all 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.”
Romans 6:16
“Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?”
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
1 Peter 1:14
“As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.”
John 15:14
“You are my friends if you do what I command.”
Proverbs 19:16
“Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.”
Psalm 119:10
“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.”
Hebrews 5:9
“And, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.”
Exodus 23:22
“If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.”
Colossians 3:20
“Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.”
Romans 13:1
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.”
1 John 5:3
“In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome.”
Psalm 119:4
“You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.”
Jeremiah 7:23
“But I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.”
John 15:10
“If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.”
2 John 1:6
“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13
“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.”
Joshua 1:7
“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.”
James 4:17
“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.”
Romans 6:12
“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.”
Exodus 19:5
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.”
1 Samuel 12:14
“If you fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart, then consider what great things he has done for you.”
Matthew 28:20
“And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
1 Peter 3:17
“For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”
Romans 2:13
“For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.”
John 14:21
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
John 14:23
“Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”
Nehemiah 9:29
“You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’ Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.”
Psalm 128:1
“Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.”
Deuteronomy 11:1
“Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.”
1 John 3:24
“The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”
2 Corinthians 10:5
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
John 14:24
“Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.”
Jeremiah 42:6
“Whether favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the Lord our God.”
Matthew 17:5
“While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’”
