Obeying God

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• John 14:15

  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

• Luke 11:28

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

• Acts 5:29

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

• 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.

• James 1:22

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

• 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:

• 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.

• Matthew 7:21

  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

• Romans 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?

• Deuteronomy 11:1

  Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

• John 3:36

  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

• 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.

• 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.

• 1 John 5:3

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

• Matthew 7:21–23

  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

• Psalms 119:105

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

• Romans 5:19

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

• Titus 3:1

  Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

• Deuteronomy 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.

• Matthew 7:13–14

  Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

• Romans 13:1

  Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

• 1 Corinthians 15:58

  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

• Acts 5:32

  And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

• 1 Peter 1:14

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

• Romans 12:1

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

• 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.

• John 21:15–17

  So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

• Romans 15:32

  That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

• Joshua 1:8

  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

• Luke 6:46

  And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

• Hebrews 4:12

  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

• James 4:7

  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

• Deuteronomy 28:1

  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:

• Romans 8:14

  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

• Hebrews 11:8

  By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

• Romans 12:2

  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• 2 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.

• Proverbs 6:20

  My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

• Psalms 19:7–11

  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. …

• John 8:31–32

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.