Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Obedience’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Obedience’ occurs 42 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 41:40 You will be over my house, and to the authority of your mouth, all the people will show obedience. Only in one way, in the throne of the kingdom, will I go before you.”Genesis 41:40
Number of the word / term Obedience in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 24:7 And taking up the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people, who said: “All that the Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient.”Exodus 24:7
Number of the word / term Obedience in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 26:18 But if you will not be obedient to me in this way, then I will add sevenfold to your chastisement, because of your sins.Leviticus 26:18
Number of the word / term Obedience in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 21:18 If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:Deuteronomy 21:18
Deuteronomy 34:9 Truly, Joshua, the son of Nun, was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him. And the sons of Israel were obedient to him, and they did as the Lord instructed Moses.Deuteronomy 34:9
Number of the word / term Obedience in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 24:24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.”Joshua 24:24
Number of the word / term Obedience in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:22
Number of the word / term Obedience in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 22:45 The sons of foreigners, who will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will be obedient to me.2 Samuel 22:45
Number of the word / term Obedience in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 13:21 And he cried out to the man of God who had arrived from Judah, saying: “Thus says the Lord: Because you were not obedient to the mouth of the Lord, and you did not keep the commandment that the Lord your God instructed to you,1 Kings 13:21
Number of the word / term Obedience in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 18:44 A people I did not know has served me. As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.Psalm 18:44
Number of the word / term Obedience in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 15:28 The mind of the just meditates on obedience. The mouth of the impious overflows with evils.Proverbs 15:28
Proverbs 21:28 A lying witness will perish. An obedient man shall speak of victory.Proverbs 21:28
Proverbs 25:12 Whoever reproves the wise and obedient ear is like an earring of gold with a shining pearl.Proverbs 25:12
Number of the word / term Obedience in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.Ecclesiastes 5:1
Ecclesiastes 10:19 While laughing, they make bread and wine, so that the living may feast. And all things are obedient to money.Ecclesiastes 10:19
Number of the word / term Obedience in Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 11:14 And they will fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines through the sea; together they will plunder the sons of the east. Idumea and Moab will be under the rule of their hand, and the sons of Ammon will be obedient.Isaiah 11:14
Number of the word / term Obedience in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 35:10 Instead, we live in tents, and we have been obedient in accord with all that Jonadab, our father, has instructed us.Jeremiah 35:10
Jeremiah 35:16 So the sons of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have remained firm in the commandment of their father, which he instructed to them, while this people has not been obedient to me.Jeremiah 35:16
Number of the word / term Obedience in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Acts
Acts 5:32 And we are witnesses of these things, with the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to all who are obedient to him.”Acts 5:32
Acts 6:7 And the Word of the Lord was increasing, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was multiplied exceedingly. And even a large group of the priests were obedient to the faith.Acts 6:7
Number of the word / term Obedience in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:5 through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles,Romans 1:5
Romans 5:19 For, just as through the disobedience of one man, many were established as sinners, so also through the obedience of one man, many shall be established as just.Romans 5:19
Romans 6:16 Do you not know to whom you are offering yourselves as servants under obedience? You are the servants of whomever you obey: whether of sin, unto death, or of obedience, unto justice.Romans 6:16
Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be the servants of sin, now you have been obedient from the heart to the very form of the doctrine into which you have been received.Romans 6:17
Romans 10:16 But not all are obedient to the Gospel. For Isaiah says: “Lord, who has believed our report?”Romans 10:16
Romans 15:18 So I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ does not effect through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,Romans 15:18
Romans 16:19 But your obedience has been made known in every place. And so, I rejoice in you. But I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple in what is evil.Romans 16:19
Romans 16:26 (which now has been made clear through the Scriptures of the Prophets, in accord with the precept of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith) which has been made known among all the Gentiles:Romans 16:26
Number of the word / term Obedience in Romans: 8
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 2:9 It was for this reason, also, that I wrote, so that I might know, by testing you, whether you would be obedient in all things.2 Corinthians 2:9
2 Corinthians 7:15 And his feelings are now more abundant toward you, since he remembers the obedience of you all, and how you received him with fear and trembling.2 Corinthians 7:15
2 Corinthians 9:13 And so, through the evidence of this ministry, you glorify God by the obedience of your confession in the Gospel of Christ, and by the simplicity of your communion with them and with everyone,2 Corinthians 9:13
2 Corinthians 10:5 and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,2 Corinthians 10:5
2 Corinthians 10:6 and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.2 Corinthians 10:6
Number of the word / term Obedience in 2 Corinthians: 5
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 6:5 Servants, be obedient to your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.Ephesians 6:5
Number of the word / term Obedience in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 2:8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, even the death of the Cross.Philippians 2:8
Number of the word / term Obedience in Philippians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book 2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 1:8 granting vindication, by a flame of fire, against those who do not know God and who are not obedient to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.2 Thessalonians 1:8
Number of the word / term Obedience in 2 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Philemon
Philemon 1:21 I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.Philemon 1:21
Number of the word / term Obedience in Philemon: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 5:8 And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.Hebrews 5:8
Hebrews 5:9 And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation,Hebrews 5:9
Number of the word / term Obedience in Hebrews: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obedience’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 1:2 in accord with the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, with the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied for you.1 Peter 1:2
1 Peter 1:14 Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,1 Peter 1:14
1 Peter 1:22 So chastise your souls with the obedience of charity, in fraternal love, and love one another from a simple heart, attentively.1 Peter 1:22
Number of the word / term ‘Obedience’ in 1 Peter: 3
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