Quotes about Obedience
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
— Hebrews 12:25
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
— Hebrews 13:17
That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
— James 1:7
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
— James 1:22
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
— James 1:23
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
— James 2:10
For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
— James 2:11
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
— James 2:21
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
— James 3:3
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
— James 4:10
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
— James 4:15
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
— James 4:17