Bible Verses About Obedience
Throughout the biblical narrative, obedience emerges as the concrete expression of a faithful relationship with God, linking belief to action. The Scriptures consistently portray obedience not merely as rule‑keeping, but as a heartfelt response to the divine character—a trust that God’s commands are rooted in love, wisdom, and the ultimate good of humanity. In the stories of patriarchs, prophets, and the early church, obedience is shown as the means by which God’s promises are fulfilled, blessing individuals and communities when they align their wills with His. This theme underscores that obedience is a dynamic, relational act that reflects gratitude, humility, and a desire to partake in God’s redemptive purpose.
The biblical witness also balances obedience with the call to discernment and conscience, highlighting that true obedience springs from an informed love for God rather than blind submission. When believers obey, they often experience transformation—both personal and communal—as obedience cultivates character, strengthens faith, and opens the way for divine guidance. Moreover, the New Testament presents obedience as a response to the grace revealed in Christ, inviting believers to embody the love and humility of the Savior in their daily lives, thereby becoming agents of God’s kingdom on earth.
All 93 matching verses, ordered from Genesis to Revelation.
"By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:"
Romans 1:5"For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
Romans 5:19"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?"
Romans 6:16"For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil."
Romans 16:19"But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:"
Romans 16:26"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."
1 Corinthians 14:34"And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him."
2 Corinthians 7:15"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;"
2 Corinthians 10:5"And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."
2 Corinthians 10:6"Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say."
Philemon 1:21"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;"
Hebrews 5:8"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."
1 Peter 1:2"Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee."
Genesis 27:8"And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them."
Genesis 27:13"Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;"
Genesis 27:43"And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go."
Exodus 5:2"Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:"
Exodus 19:5"Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him."
Exodus 23:21"But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries."
Exodus 23:22"A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:"
Deuteronomy 11:27"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."
Deuteronomy 11:28"Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him."
Deuteronomy 13:4"If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:"
Deuteronomy 21:18"And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard."
Deuteronomy 21:20"Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day."
Deuteronomy 27:10"And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 28:62"And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;"
Deuteronomy 30:2"And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day."
Deuteronomy 30:8"That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."
Deuteronomy 30:20"And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey."
Joshua 24:24"Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;"
1 Samuel 8:19"If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:"
1 Samuel 12:14"But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers."
1 Samuel 12:15"Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?"
1 Samuel 15:19"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."
1 Samuel 15:22"And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not."
Nehemiah 9:17"If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."
Job 36:11"But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge."
Job 36:12"As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me."
Psalms 18:44"The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it."
Proverbs 30:17"But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them."
Isaiah 11:14"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."
Jeremiah 7:23"Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:"
Jeremiah 11:4"For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice."
Jeremiah 11:7"But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 12:17"If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them."
Jeremiah 18:10"Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you."
Jeremiah 26:13"The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me."
Jeremiah 35:14"But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live."
Jeremiah 38:20"Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God."
Jeremiah 42:6"But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,"
Jeremiah 42:13"And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."
Daniel 7:27"Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him."
Daniel 9:11"And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God."
Zechariah 6:15"But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!"
Matthew 8:27"And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him."
Mark 1:27"And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
Mark 4:41"And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him."
Luke 8:25"And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you."
Luke 17:6"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."
Acts 5:29"And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him."
Acts 5:32"To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"
Acts 7:39"But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,"
Romans 2:8"Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof."
Romans 6:12"O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?"
Galatians 3:1"Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?"
Galatians 5:7"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right."
Ephesians 6:1"Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord."
Colossians 3:20"Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:"
Colossians 3:22"In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
2 Thessalonians 1:8"And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed."
2 Thessalonians 3:14"Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,"
Titus 3:1"And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;"
Hebrews 5:9"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."
Hebrews 13:17"Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body."
James 3:3"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;"
1 Peter 3:1"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"
1 Peter 4:17"Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God."
Isaiah 50:10"But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth."
Jeremiah 7:28"And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,"
Jeremiah 11:3"And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?"
Exodus 16:28"And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."
Exodus 20:6"Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD."
Leviticus 22:31"If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;"
Leviticus 26:3"And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments."
Deuteronomy 5:10"But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:"
1 Kings 9:6"Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets."
2 Kings 17:13"But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there."
Nehemiah 1:9"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:"
Proverbs 3:1"He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."
Proverbs 4:4"Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye."
Proverbs 7:2"If ye love me, keep my commandments."
John 14:15"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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