Obedience — Page 2
Verses 11–20 of 34
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John 15:10 KJV
“If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his Father's love.”
Context & Meaning
Keeping Christ's commands is the means by which believers remain in the experience of His love.
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Luke 11:28 KJV
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Context & Meaning
Jesus pronounces blessing not on those who merely hear but on those who hear and keep God's Word.
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Proverbs 19:16 KJV
“He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.”
Context & Meaning
Obedience to God's commands is ultimately an act of self-preservation.
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Ezekiel 36:27 KJV
“And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
Context & Meaning
God promises the Holy Spirit as the enabling power for obedience, it is both commanded and given.
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Matthew 7:24 KJV
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.”
Context & Meaning
Jesus compares those who hear and obey to a wise builder whose life stands firm under pressure.
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1 Samuel 15:23 KJV
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”
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Deuteronomy 11:26 KJV
“Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;”
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Deuteronomy 11:27 KJV
“A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:”
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Deuteronomy 11:28 KJV
“And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.”
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Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV
“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:”