Bible Verses About Following Instructions
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for following instructions, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 999 votes, led by Hebrews 13:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Following Instructions
Hebrews 13:17162 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 Timothy 3:1-4:2288 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Proverbs 1:880 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Psalms 32:862 votes
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
1 John 2:3-461 votes
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
2 Timothy 3:1656 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Acts 13:1-442 votes
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Proverbs 11:1436 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
1 Timothy 3:14-1535 votes
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
1 Corinthians 11:1-225 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Matthew 10:824 votes
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Matthew 9:6-823 votes
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
John 2:6-1023 votes
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
John 3:1-521 votes
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Romans 12:1-221 votes
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.
2 Thessalonians 2:14-1521 votes
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 13:120 votes
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
1 Peter 3:18-2219 votes
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Proverbs 22:618 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Exodus 20:8-1117 votes
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
John 6:50-7116 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
John 6:55-5916 votes
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Matthew 10:1-4215 votes
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
John 15:1015 votes
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.
1 Kings 17:8-1614 votes
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
What does the Bible say about following instructions?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:17 on the subject of following instructions. Across 999 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 3:1-4:22, Proverbs 1:8, Psalms 32:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.