Quotes about Obedience
So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
— 1 Kings 2:25
And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
— 1 Kings 2:30
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
— 1 Kings 2:31
Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
— 1 Kings 2:36
“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
— 1 Kings 2:38
So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
— 1 Kings 2:40
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
— 1 Kings 3:2
So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
— 1 Kings 3:14
The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
— 1 Kings 3:24
May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
— 1 Kings 8:58
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
— 1 Kings 8:61
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
— 1 Kings 9:4