12 Ways To Define Obedience In Bible Verses

Update on by Pastor Jack Wellman

The Bible gives us a good idea of what obedience is, so what are 12 of the best Bible verses which can define obedience in the hopes of learning how to live a more pleasing life to God.

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To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:3
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Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
- James 1:27
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“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
- Luke 6:46
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Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
- 1 John 3:24
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Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.
- Isaiah 1:16-17
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
- James 1:22
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For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses.
- 2 Kings 18:6
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And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21
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But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’
- Jeremiah 7:23
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“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
- John 14:15
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But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Acts 5:29
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And Samuel said, "Has 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 listen than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 15:22
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Total Quotes Found: 12

I hope you will share these Bible verses that define obedience with someone else and maybe it’ll help them better understand what the Bible defines as obedience…why not share this with someone you know right now?