Obedience is one of those things we start learning as young children. We’re (hopefully) taught early about respecting our parents and other authority figures.
We’ve heard all the bible verses on the importance of obedience.
So, it seems we should have it mastered by the time we’re grown right?! Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m not quite there yet.
Following God isn’t always easy.
Especially when he seems to be leading me in the opposite direction of where I want to go. Or asks me to make an impossible decision.
But I know that learning how to hear and obey God leads to blessing and victory. I choose to trust him with my future and the present journey I have to walk to get there.
And you can too.
I’ve put together a few verses on obedience to help all of us along the way.
These scriptures inspire us to trust God’s plan above our own. They help us follow him even when the path gets rough or the way ahead seems hidden.
Most importantly, they remind us that a truly blessed life comes from obeying the very One who gave it to us in the first place.
Verses on the blessings of obedience
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.
Psalms 128:1 NIV
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Luke 11:28 NIV
This is what I told them: “Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!”
Jeremiah 7:23 NLT
Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Deuteronomy 5:33 NIV
If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.
Deuteronomy 28:1 NLT
And observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go.
1 Kings 2:3 NIV
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua 1:8 NIV
Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
Exodus 19:5 NLT
Read “Yielding to God When It’s Hard“ for more on the blessings that come from obeying God.”
Verses on obedience and faith
Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land-a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills.
Deuteronomy 8:6-7 NIV
This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
Revelation 14:12 NIV
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
Psalms 119:30 NIV
Verses on the joy of obedience
Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts.
Psalms 119:2 NLT
Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying his commands.
Psalms 112:1 NLT
Verses on the importance of obedience
Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.
John 14:21 NLT
But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the Lord your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.
Joshua 22:5 NLT
The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:17 NIV
My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
Psalms 119:112 NIV
Have enjoyed lesson. May God bless you friends in Christ Jesus. This has helped me to teach my church members
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