Bible Verses About Obeying the Law
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for obeying the law, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 14,498 votes, led by Romans 13:1-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Obeying the Law
Romans 13:1-5561 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 3:1519 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Romans 2:13478 votes
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
1 Peter 2:13-17364 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Romans 3:31316 votes
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Acts 5:29309 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Romans 13:1229 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.
John 14:21228 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.
1 John 2:4220 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Romans 13:1-7207 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.
Galatians 3:11201 votes
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 5:22-23201 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Luke 20:25199 votes
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
Romans 13:1-14173 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.
John 14:15163 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Galatians 5:14154 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:21149 votes
They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Hebrews 13:17148 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.
Galatians 3:21146 votes
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
2 John 1:6146 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.
Joshua 1:8139 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.
1 Peter 2:13135 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Matthew 5:17-19134 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Luke 11:28131 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
1 Peter 2:13-14130 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
What does the Bible say about obeying the law?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1-5 on the subject of obeying the law. Across 14,498 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Titus 3:1, Romans 2:13, 1 Peter 2:13-17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.