Bible Verses About Obedience to God
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for obedience to god, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 97,340 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 Obedience to God
John 14:152,771 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1 Samuel 15:221,932 votes
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 1:221,890 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Isaiah 1:191,676 votes
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Luke 6:461,582 votes
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
John 14:231,544 votes
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.
Romans 6:161,531 votes
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?
Hebrews 13:171,451 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.
Philippians 2:81,410 votes
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Romans 5:191,400 votes
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
James 4:71,339 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Matthew 7:211,325 votes
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.
Luke 11:281,321 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
John 14:211,272 votes
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.
Joshua 1:81,214 votes
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.
Exodus 19:51,186 votes
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:
1 Peter 1:141,182 votes
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
2 John 1:61,051 votes
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.
Acts 5:291,033 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Hebrews 5:81,029 votes
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
2 Corinthians 10:51,005 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;
Titus 2:91,001 votes
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
Romans 8:281,000 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 13:1973 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.
Romans 12:1971 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.
What does the Bible say about obedience to god?
Readers most often cite John 14:15 on the subject of obedience to god. Across 97,340 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Samuel 15:22, James 1:22, Isaiah 1:19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.