Bible Verses About Obligation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for obligation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,886 votes, led by Romans 13:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Obligation
Romans 13:7195 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Luke 17:10139 votes
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Ecclesiastes 12:13134 votes
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Galatians 6:2125 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Jeremiah 1:5107 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Matthew 22:21105 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.
1 Corinthians 9:16105 votes
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
James 4:1798 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
2 Corinthians 9:785 votes
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Romans 1:1472 votes
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Titus 3:160 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Luke 12:4852 votes
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
1 Peter 2:13-1749 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Micah 6:840 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Galatians 5:1338 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
James 1:2736 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-530 votes
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
John 15:1228 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
1 Timothy 5:825 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 John 3:16-1824 votes
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Matthew 5:17-2020 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew 22:37-3920 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
2 Corinthians 2:1420 votes
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Romans 13:819 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Ephesians 5:119 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
What does the Bible say about obligation?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:7 on the subject of obligation. Across 1,886 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 17:10, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Galatians 6:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.