Bible Verses About Obeying
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for obeying, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,055 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 Obeying
John 14:15224 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Acts 5:29178 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Luke 11:28134 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
1 Samuel 15:22133 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 13:17132 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.
Ephesians 6:1120 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
James 1:22108 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
1 Peter 1:14103 votes
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Deuteronomy 11:179 votes
Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Romans 6:1677 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?
Exodus 19:576 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:
Matthew 7:24-2748 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Romans 13:1-240 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.
Ephesians 6:1-337 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 John 1:636 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.
Colossians 3:2033 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Titus 3:133 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
James 1:22-2533 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Matthew 7:2128 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.
1 John 2:328 votes
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Deuteronomy 5:3324 votes
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 28:1-224 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:
Matthew 7:2424 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Deuteronomy 28:122 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:
John 14:23-2422 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.
What does the Bible say about obeying?
Readers most often cite John 14:15 on the subject of obeying. Across 2,055 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 5:29, Luke 11:28, 1 Samuel 15:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.