'Obedient' in the Bible
"Not every one who says to me, 'Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.
"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."
Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.
For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this or that,' and he does it."
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”
Paul said, “John performed a baptism of repentance, continually telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, [to confidently accept and joyfully believe] in Jesus [the Messiah and Savior].”
Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?
But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted!
But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, 'Lord, who did give credence to our report?'
Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
His affection for you is even greater as he remembers how obedient all of you were and how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
Remind believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do any honorable kind of work.
I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, since I know that you will do even more than I ask.
Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.
Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.
For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror
But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,
To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him 'sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Compliant (2 instances)
- Complying (1 instance)
- Devoted (126 instances)
- Faithful (341 instances)
- Loyal (296 instances)
- Obedient (80 instances)
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