Bible Verses About Being Obedient
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being obedient, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 322 votes, led by John 14:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Obedient
John 14:1552 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
James 2:1834 votes
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Ephesians 6:1-328 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Romans 5:1923 votes
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Hebrews 13:1723 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 10:521 votes
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;
James 1:2217 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 2:2417 votes
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Esther 4:1616 votes
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Luke 11:2814 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Deuteronomy 28:112 votes
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 12:212 votes
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.
Ephesians 2:8-912 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Romans 1:511 votes
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Acts 2:3810 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 8:2810 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 13:110 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about being obedient?
Readers most often cite John 14:15 on the subject of being obedient. Across 322 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 2:18, Ephesians 6:1-3, Romans 5:19. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.