Quotes about Obedience
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
— Jeremiah 35:19
So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.
— Jeremiah 36:8
But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
— Jeremiah 37:2
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
— Jeremiah 38:5
Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
— Jeremiah 38:11
“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
— Jeremiah 38:20
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
— Jeremiah 38:21
“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
— Jeremiah 39:12
“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
— Jeremiah 39:16
and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
— Jeremiah 40:3
Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached
— Jeremiah 42:1
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
— Jeremiah 42:5