obedient

The 19 most-voted verses about obedient, from 16 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:22 (BSB)

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.

1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV)

Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:22 (WEB)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 6:1 (BSB)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Ephesians 6:1 (KJV)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 6:1 (WEB)

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

John 14:15 (BSB)

¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:15 (KJV)

If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:15 (WEB)

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:29 (BSB)

¶ Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:29 (KJV)

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:29 (WEB)

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:8 (BSB)

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Philippians 2:8 (KJV)

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

Philippians 2:8 (WEB)

As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

1 Peter 1:14 (BSB)

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

1 Peter 1:14 (KJV)

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

1 Peter 1:14 (WEB)

Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

Romans 6:16 (BSB)

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?

Romans 6:16 (KJV)

Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Romans 6:16 (WEB)

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

James 1:22 (BSB)

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 1:22 (KJV)

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

James 1:22 (WEB)

But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Luke 11:28 (BSB)

But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Luke 11:28 (KJV)

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Luke 11:28 (WEB)

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (BSB)

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;

2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV)

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

2 Corinthians 10:5 (WEB)

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Colossians 3:20 (BSB)

Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Colossians 3:20 (KJV)

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Colossians 3:20 (WEB)

Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

Titus 3:1 (BSB)

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Titus 3:1 (KJV)

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Titus 3:1 (WEB)

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Deuteronomy 5:33 (BSB)

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 5:33 (KJV)

You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

Deuteronomy 5:33 (WEB)

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

Isaiah 1:19 (BSB)

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Isaiah 1:19 (KJV)

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;

Isaiah 1:19 (WEB)

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

Romans 1:5 (BSB)

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Romans 1:5 (KJV)

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

Romans 1:5 (WEB)

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:19 (BSB)

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Romans 5:19 (KJV)

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:19 (WEB)

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

Hebrews 5:8 (BSB)

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Hebrews 5:8 (KJV)

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Hebrews 5:8 (WEB)

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Hebrews 13:17 (BSB)

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.

Hebrews 13:17 (KJV)

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Hebrews 13:17 (WEB)

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

2 John 1:6 (BSB)

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.

2 John 1:6 (KJV)

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

2 John 1:6 (WEB)

19 verses, from 16 books: