30 Bible Verses about God's Orders

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth, and his word runneth swiftly.

This, O king, is the interpretation: yea, it is the very device of him that is highest of all, and it toucheth my lord the king.

Command that may be commanded, bid that may be bidden, forbid that may be forbidden, keep back that may be kept back, here a little, there a little.

And therefore the LORD shall answer their stubbornness, lesson upon lesson, commandment upon commandment, rule upon rule, instruction upon instruction, here a little, there a little. That they may go forth, fall backward, be bruised, snared, and taken.

And the LORD God commanded Adam, saying, "Of all the trees of the garden see thou eat: But of the tree of knowledge of good and bad see that thou eat not: For even the same day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely die.

And Moses gathered all the company of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, "These are the things which the LORD hath commanded to do:

And Moses spake unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,

And Moses said unto the people, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded to do."

"Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons and unto all the children of Israel and say unto them, 'This is the thing which the LORD charged, saying:

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commandeth.

and all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day forward that the LORD commanded among your generation:

And Moses told the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD commanded him.

And Moses commanded the children of Israel at the mouth of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the children of Joseph have said well.

Unto the married command not I, but the Lord: that the wife separate not herself from the man.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our saviour, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope.

but hath opened his word at the time appointed, through preaching; which preaching is committed unto me, by the commandment of God our saviour.

and Abraham circumcised Isaac his son when he was eight days old, as God commanded him.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel and unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt: to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

At the mouth of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the mouth of the LORD they pitched. And as long as the cloud abode upon the habitation, they lay still,

If it chanced that the cloud abode any space of time upon the habitation, then they kept their tents at the mouth of the LORD: and they journeyed also at the commandment of the LORD.

At the mouth of the LORD they rested, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. And thus they kept the watch of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Though they hide themselves upon the top of Carmel, yet shall I seek them out, and bring them from thence. Though they creep down from my sight into the deep of the sea, I shall command the serpent, even there to bite them.

And the LORD spake unto the fish: and it cast out Jonah again upon the dry land.

Then the angel of the LORD testified unto Joshua, and spake,

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me."

And the king said, "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Let him curse: for the LORD hath bid him curse David. And who dare presume to say wherefore doth he so?"

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said that the counsel of Hushai the Archite was better than the counsel of Ahithophel - For it was even the LORD's determination to destroy the counsel of Ahithophel, which was good, that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Moreover, thinkest thou that I am come without the bidding of the LORD to this place to destroy it? Nay: the LORD said to me, 'Go up to this land, and destroy it.''"

But how can it cease, when the LORD himself hath given him a charge against Ashkelon, and raised it up against the cities of the sea coast?"

As concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet give I counsel as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.