Bible Verses About Obedience to God

This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.

Now Adonai said to Avram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.

I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

So Avram went, as Adonai had said to him, and Lot went with him. Avram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

Avraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together with Yitz'chak his son. He cut the wood for the burnt offering, departed and went toward the place God had told him about.

He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy! Don't do anything to him! For now I know that you are a man who fears God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

But Pharaoh replied, "Who is ADONAI, that I should obey when he says to let Isra'el go? I don't know ADONAI, and I also won't let Isra'el go."

Then the people of Isra'el went and did as ADONAI had ordered Moshe and Aharon - that is what they did.

Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine;

Pay attention to him, listen to what he says and do not rebel against him; because he will not forgive any wrongdoing of yours, since my name resides in him

But if you listen to what he says and do everything I tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud, so that the people could hear; and they responded, "Everything that ADONAI has spoken, we will do and obey."

except Kalev the son of Y'funeh the K'nizi and Y'hoshua the son of Nun, because they have followed ADONAI unreservedly.'

"So if you listen carefully to my mitzvot which I am giving you today, to love ADONAI your God and serve him with all your heart and all your being;

the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot of ADONAI your God that I am giving you today;

and the curse, if you don't listen to the mitzvot of ADONAI your God, but turn aside from the way I am ordering you today and follow other gods that you have not known.

You are to follow ADONAI your God, fear him, obey his mitzvot, listen to what he says, serve him and cling to him;

"If you listen closely to what ADONAI your God says, observing and obeying all his mitzvot which I am giving you today, ADONAI your God will raise you high above all the nations on earth;

and all the following blessings will be yours in abundance -if you will do what ADONAI your God says:

"A blessing on you in the city, and a blessing on you in the countryside.

"A blessing on the fruit of your body, the fruit of your land and the fruit of your livestock - the young of your cattle and flocks.

"A blessing on your grain-basket and kneading-bowl.

"A blessing on you when you go out, and a blessing on you when you come in.

"ADONAI will cause your enemies attacking you to be defeated before you; they will advance on you one way and flee before you seven ways.