Obedience to God is at the heart of living a faithful and righteous life.
This collection of Bible verses on obedience highlights the importance of following God’s Word, trusting in His plans, and honoring Him through our actions.
By obeying His commands, we align ourselves with His purpose, receiving His guidance and blessings.
Let these Scriptures inspire you to strengthen your commitment to Yahshua and live a life that reflects His love and truth.
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Bible Verses on Obedience
The Blessings of Obedience
If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. – Deuteronomy 28:1
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. – Psalm 128:1
Obey my commands and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. – Proverbs 7:2
If you love me, keep my commandments. – John 14:15
The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. – John 14:21
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. – James 1:22
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome. – 1 John 5:3
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. – 1 Samuel 15:22
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. – 2 John 1:6
He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. – John 14:23
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Obedience and God’s Will
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land. – Isaiah 1:19
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. – John 14:21
Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it. – Luke 11:28
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. – James 1:22
And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. – Acts 5:32
If you love me, keep my commandments. – John 14:15
The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us. – 1 John 3:24
For I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. – John 15:19
You are my friends if you do what I command you. – John 15:14
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. – John 3:36
Obedience in the Face of Trials
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. – James 1:25
The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. – Deuteronomy 13:3
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. – Matthew 11:29
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. – Titus 2:11-12
For we live by faith, not by sight. – 2 Corinthians 5:7
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. – Revelation 3:19
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. – Hebrews 12:11
Let the peace of Yahshua rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. – Colossians 3:15
Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as those who must give an account. – Hebrews 13:17
For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son. – Hebrews 12:6
The Cost of Disobedience
But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. – Zechariah 7:11
Woe to the rebellious children, declares the Lord, who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin. – Isaiah 30:1
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. – Revelation 21:8
Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. – Hebrews 10:28
Because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. – Romans 2:5
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. – Romans 6:12
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king. – 1 Samuel 15:23
You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! – Acts 7:51
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. – Exodus 20:16
But they did not listen to my words, declares the Lord, and I will bring upon them all the disaster I have pronounced against them. – Jeremiah 36:31
Obedience and God’s Commandments
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” – Matthew 22:37
The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. – Deuteronomy 6:24
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. – John 14:21
But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. – James 1:25
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. – James 1:22
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. – Ecclesiastes 12:13
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