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What Does the Bible Say About Being Obedient?

Here are 10 Bible verses about being obedient, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1John 14:15

    If ye love me, keep my commandments.

    BSBIf you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

  2. #2James 2:18

    Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

    BSBBut someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

  3. #3Ephesians 6:1-3

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

    BSBChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

  4. #4Hebrews 13:17

    Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

    BSBObey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

  5. #5Romans 5:19

    For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

    BSBFor just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

  6. #62 Corinthians 10:5

    Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

    BSBWe tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

  7. #7James 1:22

    But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

    BSBBe doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

  8. #8James 2:24

    Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

    BSBAs you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

  9. #9Esther 4:16

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

    BSB“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

  10. #10Luke 11:28

    But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

    BSBBut He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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