Obedience

General scriptures concerning

• Genesis 18:19

  For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

• Exodus 19:5

  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 20:6

  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

• Exodus 24:7

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

• Numbers 9:23

  At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

• Numbers 14:24

  But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

• Deuteronomy 5:10

  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

• Joshua 14:6–14

  Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. …

• Joshua 22:2

  And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

• Joshua 24:24

  And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

• 1 Kings 3:14

  And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

• 2 Kings 18:6

  For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

• 2 Kings 21:8

  Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

• Nehemiah 1:5

  And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

• Psalms 1:2

  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

• Psalms 18:44

  As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

• Psalms 25:10

  All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

• Psalms 99:7

  He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

• Psalms 103:17

  But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

• Psalms 103:18

  To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

• Psalms 103:20

  Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

• Psalms 103:21

  Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

• Psalms 111:10

  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

• Psalms 112:1

  Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

• Psalms 119:2

  Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

• Psalms 119:4–6

  Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

• Psalms 119:8

  I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

• Psalms 119:10

  With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

• Psalms 119:15

  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

• Psalms 119:16

  I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

• Psalms 119:22

  Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

• Psalms 119:30

  I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

• Psalms 119:31

  I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

• Psalms 119:33

  HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

• Psalms 119:44

  So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

• Psalms 119:45

  And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

• Psalms 119:55

  I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

• Psalms 119:56

  This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

• Psalms 119:59

  I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

• Psalms 119:60

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• Psalms 119:72

  The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

• Psalms 119:77

  Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

• Psalms 119:87

  They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

• Psalms 119:97

  MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

• Psalms 119:100–102

  I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

• Psalms 119:104–106

  Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

• Psalms 119:109

  My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

• Psalms 119:112

  I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

• Psalms 119:129

  PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

• Psalms 119:167

  My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

• Psalms 119:168

  I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

• Psalms 143:10

  Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

• Proverbs 1:33

  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

• Proverbs 19:16

  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

• Proverbs 28:7

  Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

• Isaiah 1:19

  If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

• 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.

• Ezekiel 18:19

  Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

• Ezekiel 33:14–16

  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

• Daniel 7:27

  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.

• Matthew 5:19

  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 6:24

  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

• Matthew 9:9

  And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

• Matthew 12:50

  For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

• Matthew 13:8

  But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

• Matthew 13:23

  But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

• Matthew 25:20–23

  And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. …

• Mark 2:14

  And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

• Mark 3:35

  For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

• Mark 4:20

  And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

• Luke 1:6

  And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

• Luke 6:46–48

  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

• Luke 8:15

  But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

• Luke 8:21

  And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

• Luke 11:2

  And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

• Luke 11:28

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

• Luke 12:37

  Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

• Luke 12:38

  And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

• John 8:28

  Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

• John 8:51

  Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

• John 9:4

  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

• John 10:27

  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

• John 14:15

  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

• John 14:23

  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

• John 14:31

  But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

• 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.

• John 15:14

  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

• John 15:16

  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

• 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.

• Acts 5:29

  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

• Romans 6:17

  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

• Ephesians 2:10

  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

• Philippians 2:12

  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

• Hebrews 10:7

  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

• James 2:10–12

  For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

• 1 Peter 1:2

  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 1:14

  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

• 1 John 2:3–6

  And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. …

• 1 John 2:17

  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

• 1 John 3:22

  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

• 1 John 3:24

  And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

• 1 John 5:2

  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

• 1 John 5:3

  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

• 2 John 1:6–9

  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. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. …

• Revelation 12:17

  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

• Revelation 22:7

  Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

• Revelation 22:14

  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Enjoined

• Genesis 17:9

  And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

• Exodus 23:22

  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.

• Leviticus 19:19

  Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

• Leviticus 19:36

  Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

• Leviticus 19:37

  Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.

• Leviticus 20:8

  And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

• Leviticus 20:22

  Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

• Leviticus 22:31

  Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

• Leviticus 26:3–13

  If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. …

• Numbers 15:38–40

  Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

• Deuteronomy 4:1–40

  Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. …

• Deuteronomy 5:1–33

  And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. …

• Deuteronomy 6:1–25

  Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. …

• Deuteronomy 8:1–6

  All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. …

• Deuteronomy 8:11–14

  Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; …

• Deuteronomy 8:16–20

  Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. …

• Deuteronomy 10:12

  And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

• Deuteronomy 10:13

  To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

• Deuteronomy 11:1–3

  Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

• Deuteronomy 11:8

  Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

• Deuteronomy 11:9

  And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

• Deuteronomy 11:13–28

  And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. …

• Deuteronomy 11:32

  And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

• Deuteronomy 13:4

  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 26:16–18

  This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

• Deuteronomy 27:1–10

  And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. …

• Deuteronomy 28:1–68

  And 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: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. …

• Deuteronomy 32:46

  And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

• Joshua 22:5

  But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

• Joshua 23:6

  Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

• Joshua 23:7

  That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

• Joshua 24:14

  Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

• Joshua 24:15

  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

• 1 Samuel 12:24

  Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

• 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.

• 2 Kings 17:37

  And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

• 2 Kings 17:38

  And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

• 1 Chronicles 16:15

  Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

• 1 Chronicles 28:9

  And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

• 1 Chronicles 28:10

  Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

• 1 Chronicles 28:20

  And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

• Ezra 7:10

  For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

• Ezra 7:23

  Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

• Psalms 76:11

  Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

• Ecclesiastes 12:13

  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

• Jeremiah 26:13

  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 38:20

  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.

• Malachi 4:4

  Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

• Matthew 9:9

  And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

• Matthew 19:17

  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

• Matthew 19:29

  And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

• Mark 2:14

  And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

• John 12:26

  If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

• John 13:17

  If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

• John 14:15

  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

• 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.

• Galatians 3:10

  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

• Galatians 3:12

  And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

• Galatians 5:3

  For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

• Ephesians 4:1

  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

• Ephesians 4:17

  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

• Ephesians 6:6–8

  Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

• Philippians 2:12

  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

• 1 Timothy 6:14

  That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

• 1 Timothy 6:18

  That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

• Hebrews 13:16

  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

• James 1:22–25

  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. …

Exemplified

• Genesis 6:9

  These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

• Numbers 9:23

  At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

• Numbers 14:24

  But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

• Joshua 14:6–14

  Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. …

• 2 Kings 18:6

  For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

• 2 Kings 20:3

  I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

• 2 Chronicles 24:16

  And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

• 2 Chronicles 31:20

  And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

• 2 Chronicles 31:21

  And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

• Ezra 7:10

  For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

• Nehemiah 7:2

  That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

• Job 1:8

  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

• Psalms 17:3

  Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

• Psalms 26:3–6

  For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. …

• Psalms 99:7

  He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

• Psalms 101:2

  I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

• Psalms 101:3

  I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

• Psalms 106:30

  Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

• Psalms 106:31

  And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

• Psalms 119:30

  I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

• Psalms 119:31

  I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

• Psalms 119:40

  Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

• Psalms 119:44

  So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

• Psalms 119:47

  And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

• Psalms 119:48

  My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

• Psalms 119:51

  The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

• Psalms 119:54–56

  Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

• Psalms 119:59

  I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

• Psalms 119:60

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• Psalms 119:67

  Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

• Psalms 119:69

  The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

• Psalms 119:100–102

  I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

• Psalms 119:105

  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

• Psalms 119:106

  I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

• Psalms 119:110

  The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

• Psalms 119:112

  I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

Psalms 119:166–168, Acts 23:1, Acts 24:16, Romans 6:17, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 6:3, 2 Corinthians 6:4, Philippians 3:7–14, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 2 Timothy 1:3, Revelation 2:19, Revelation 3:4, Revelation 14:4, Revelation 14:5

Filial

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