Obedience to God
68 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
44 sections
- A Characteristic of Saints
- Abram
- Angels Engaged In
- Asa
- Better than Sacrifice
- Blessedness of
- Caleb
- Christ, an Example of
- Commanded
- Confess Your Failure In
- David
- Elijah
- Exhortations To
- Hezekiah
- Includes: Keeping his Commandments
- Includes: Obeying Christ
- Includes: Obeying his Law
- Includes: Obeying his Voice
- Includes: Obeying the Gospel
- Includes: Submission to Higher Powers
- Israelites
- Joseph
- Josiah
- Justification Obtained by That of Christ
- Noah
- Obligations To
- Paul
- Pray to be Taught
- Prepare the Heart For
- Promises To
- Punishment of Refusing
- Resolve Upon
- Saints Elected To
- Saints of Rome
- should be Constant
- should be from the Heart
- should be Undeviating
- should be Unreserved
- should Be with Willingness
- The Wicked Refuse
- To be Universal in the Latter Days
- Wise Men
- Zacharias
- Zerubbabel
A Characteristic of Saints
- 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
Abram
- Genesis 12:1–4 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. …
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Genesis 22:3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Genesis 22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
Angels Engaged In
- Psalm 103:20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
Asa
- 1 Kings 15:11 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
Better than Sacrifice
- 1 Samuel 15:22 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.
Blessedness of
- Deuteronomy 11:27 a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
- Deuteronomy 28:1–13 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. …
- Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- James 1:25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so — not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer — he will be blessed in what he does.
Caleb
- Numbers 32:12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun— because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
Christ, an Example of
- Matthew 3:15 “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
- John 15:20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
- Philippians 2:5–8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: …
- Hebrews 5:8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
Commanded
- Deuteronomy 13:4 You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Confess Your Failure In
- Daniel 9:10 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
David
- Psalm 119:106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Elijah
- 1 Kings 17:5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Exhortations To
- Jeremiah 26:13 So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
- Jeremiah 38:20 “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 18:6 He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
Includes: Keeping his Commandments
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Includes: Obeying Christ
- Exodus 23:21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 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.
Includes: Obeying his Law
- Deuteronomy 11:27 a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
- Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
Includes: Obeying his Voice
- Exodus 19:5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations — for the whole earth is Mine.
- Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Includes: Obeying the Gospel
- Romans 1:5 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 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- Romans 10:16–17 But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” …
Includes: Submission to Higher Powers
- Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Israelites
- Exodus 12:28 And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
Joseph
- Matthew 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.
Josiah
- 2 Kings 22:2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Justification Obtained by That of Christ
- Romans 5:19 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.
Noah
- Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Obligations To
- Acts 4:19–20 But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God. …
- Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Paul
- Acts 26:19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
Pray to be Taught
- Psalm 119:35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
- Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Prepare the Heart For
- 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will …
- Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
Promises To
- Exodus 23:22 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
- 1 Samuel 12:14 If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
- Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
- Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Punishment of Refusing
- Deuteronomy 11:28 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
- Deuteronomy 28:15–68 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: …
- Joshua 5:6 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn …
- Isaiah 1:20 But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Resolve Upon
- Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
- Joshua 24:24 So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
Saints Elected To
- 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
Saints of Rome
- Romans 16:19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
should be Constant
- Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
should be from the Heart
- Deuteronomy 11:13 So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
should be Undeviating
- Deuteronomy 28:14 Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
should be Unreserved
- Joshua 22:2–3 and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you. …
should Be with Willingness
- Psalm 18:44 When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
- Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
The Wicked Refuse
- Exodus 5:2 But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and …
To be Universal in the Latter Days
- Daniel 7:27 Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
Wise Men
- Matthew 2:12 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
Zacharias
- Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Zerubbabel
- Haggai 1:12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.