Quotes about Obedience
“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
— Genesis 27:25
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
— Genesis 28:2
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
— Genesis 28:7
You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
— Genesis 31:6
Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
— Genesis 31:16
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
— Genesis 34:24
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
— Genesis 35:1
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
— Genesis 39:2
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
— Genesis 39:3
You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
— Genesis 41:40
He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
— Genesis 41:43
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
— Genesis 42:18