What Does the Bible Say About Obedient?
Here are 20 Bible verses about obedient, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #11 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.
BSBBut Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
- #2Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
BSBChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- #3John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
BSBIf you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- #4Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
BSBAnd being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
- #5Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
BSBBut Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- #61 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
BSBAs obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- #7Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
BSBDo you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- #8James 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.
- #9Luke 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.”
- #102 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.
- #11Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
BSBChildren, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
- #12Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
BSBRemind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
- #13Hebrews 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.
- #14Deuteronomy 11:26-28
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: And 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.
BSBSee, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse— a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
- #15Romans 1:5
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
BSBThrough Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
- #16Romans 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.
- #17Deuteronomy 5:33
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
BSBYou must walk in all the ways 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.
- #18Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
BSBIf you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
- #19Hebrews 5:8
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
BSBAlthough He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
- #202 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.
BSBAnd this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
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