Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Obey’ 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 ‘Obey’ 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 ‘Obey’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 15:26 saying: “If you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and obey his commands, and keep all his precepts, I will not bring upon you any of the distress that I imposed on Egypt. For I am the Lord, your healer.”Exodus 15:26
Number of the word / term Obey in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 11:13 So then, if you obey my commandments, which I am instructing to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and serve him with your whole heart and your whole soul,Deuteronomy 11:13
Deuteronomy 11:27 It will be a blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am instructing to you this day.Deuteronomy 11:27
Deuteronomy 11:28 It will be a curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but instead you withdraw from the way, which I am revealing to you now, and you walk after foreign gods that you have not known.Deuteronomy 11:28
Deuteronomy 17:12 But whoever will be arrogant, unwilling to obey the order of the priest who ministers at that time to the Lord your God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.Deuteronomy 17:12
Deuteronomy 26:17 Today, you have chosen the Lord to be your God, so that you may walk in his ways, and keep his ceremonies and commandments and judgments, and obey his command.Deuteronomy 26:17
Deuteronomy 30:2 and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,Deuteronomy 30:2
Deuteronomy 30:20 and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”Deuteronomy 30:20
Number of the word / term Obey in Deuteronomy: 7
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 1:17 Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so shall we obey you also. But may the Lord your God be with you, just as he was with Moses.Joshua 1:17
Joshua 1:18 Whoever will contradict your mouth, and whoever will not obey all of your words, which you will instruct to him, let him die. But may you be strengthened, and may you act manfully.”Joshua 1:18
Number of the word / term Obey in Joshua: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 15:23 Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”1 Samuel 15:23
1 Samuel 28:18 For you did not obey the voice of the Lord, and you did not carry out the wrath of his fury upon Amalek. For this reason, the Lord has done to you what you are enduring this day.1 Samuel 28:18
Number of the word / term Obey in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 12:7 They said to him, “If today you will obey and serve this people, and yield to their petition, and if you will speak lenient words to them, they will be your servants for all days.”1 Kings 12:7
Number of the word / term Obey in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 10:6 Then he again wrote letters to them a second time, saying: “If you are mine, and if you obey me, take the heads of the sons of your lord, and come to me at Jezreel at this same hour tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, being seventy men, were being raised with the nobles of the city.2 Kings 10:6
2 Kings 17:14 But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.2 Kings 17:14
Number of the word / term Obey in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Esther
Esther 5:5 And immediately the king said, “Call Haman quickly, so that he may obey Esther’s will. And so the king and Haman came to the feast, which the queen had prepared for them.Esther 5:5
Number of the word / term Obey in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Job
Job 36:11 If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.Job 36:11
Number of the word / term Obey in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 17:4 The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.Proverbs 17:4
Number of the word / term Obey in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 32:23 And they entered it and possessed it. But they did not obey your voice, and they did not walk in your law. And they did not do all of the things that you commanded them to do. And so, all of these evils have happened to them.Jeremiah 32:23
Jeremiah 35:13 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not accept discipline, so that you obey my words, says the Lord?Jeremiah 35:13
Jeremiah 35:14 The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, in which he instructed his sons, so that they would not drink wine, have prevailed. And they have not drunk wine, even to this day. For they have obeyed the instruction of their father. But I have spoken to you, rising and speaking from early morning, and you did not obey me.Jeremiah 35:14
Jeremiah 42:6 Whether it is for good or for harm, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you. So may it be well with us, when we heed the voice of the Lord our God.”Jeremiah 42:6
Jeremiah 43:7 And they entered into the land of Egypt. For they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they went as far as Tahpanhes.Jeremiah 43:7
Number of the word / term Obey in Jeremiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “It is not right for us to obey you in this matter.Daniel 3:16
Daniel 7:27 Yet the kingdom, and the power, and the greatness of that kingdom, which is under all of heaven, shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings will serve and obey him.”Daniel 7:27
Number of the word / term Obey in Daniel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 8:27 Moreover, the men wondered, saying: “What kind of man is this? For even the winds and the sea obey him.”Matthew 8:27
Number of the word / term Obey in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Mark
Mark 1:27 And they were all so amazed that they inquired among themselves, saying: “What is this? And what is this new doctrine? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”Mark 1:27
Mark 4:41 And they were struck with a great fear. And they said to one another, “Who do you think this is, that both wind and sea obey him?”Mark 4:41
Number of the word / term Obey in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Luke
Luke 8:25 Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they, being afraid, were amazed, saying to one another, “Who do you think this is, so that he commands both wind and sea, and they obey him?”Luke 8:25
Luke 17:6 But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into the sea.’ And it would obey you.Luke 17:6
Number of the word / term Obey in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Acts
Acts 5:29 But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: “It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.Acts 5:29
Acts 7:39 It is he whom our fathers were not willing to obey. Instead, they rejected him, and in their hearts they turned away toward Egypt,Acts 7:39
Number of the word / term Obey in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Romans
Romans 6:12 Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body, such that you would obey its desires.Romans 6:12
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
Number of the word / term Obey in Romans: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 3:1 O senseless Galatians, who has so fascinated you that you would not obey the truth, even though Jesus Christ has been presented before your eyes, crucified among you?Galatians 3:1
Galatians 5:7 You have run well. So what has impeded you, that you would not obey the truth?Galatians 5:7
Number of the word / term Obey in Galatians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.Ephesians 6:1
Number of the word / term Obey in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.Colossians 3:20
Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.Colossians 3:22
Number of the word / term Obey in Colossians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book 2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 3:14 But if anyone does not obey our word by this epistle, take note of him and do not keep company with him, so that he may be ashamed.2 Thessalonians 3:14
Number of the word / term Obey in 2 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Titus
Titus 3:1 Admonish them to be subordinate to the rulers and authorities, to obey their dictates, to be prepared for every good work,Titus 3:1
Number of the word / term Obey in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Obey’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 12:9 Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?Hebrews 12:9
Number of the word / term ‘Obey’ in Hebrews: 1
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