Bible Verses About Obey
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for obey, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,271 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 Obey
John 14:15330 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Acts 5:29321 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Ephesians 6:1257 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Luke 11:28194 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
1 Samuel 15:22180 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.
Hebrews 13:17167 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.
Exodus 19:5154 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 1:14147 votes
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Romans 6:16142 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?
James 1:22118 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Deuteronomy 11:1108 votes
Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
2 John 1:698 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.
Romans 13:191 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.
1 John 2:389 votes
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Ephesians 6:1-378 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Romans 13:1-776 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.
Titus 3:168 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Romans 12:265 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.
Matthew 7:2155 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.
John 14:2149 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.
James 1:22-2549 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Colossians 3:2046 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
John 14:2345 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.
John 15:1442 votes
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Deuteronomy 28:141 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:
What does the Bible say about obey?
Readers most often cite John 14:15 on the subject of obey. Across 5,271 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 5:29, Ephesians 6:1, Luke 11:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.