Obedience
Unlike the training we put our pets through, obedience involves more than learned responses to a few commands: Obedience means doing what God says no matter how unpopular, strange or difficult the command is. Although doing what God says can be difficult at times, God has every tight as our Creator to demand our obedience. When we obey him willingly from a heart that trusts him, our obedience is a gift of love to him. The Lord says that this kind of gift means more to him than any other sacrifice we could make.

All creation belongs to God and will obey him.
Genesis 49:10
Daniel 7:27
Matthew 8:27
Mark 1:27
Romans 16:26
God's people are obedient.
Exodus 12:24
Leviticus 18:4
Joshua 22:5
1 Samuel 15:22
1 Kings 8:61
Psalm 119:44,101
Matthew 28:20
Luke 23:56
2 Corinthians 2:9; 10:5
1 Peter 1:14
Revelation 12:17; 14:12
Obedience to God leads to good things.
Exodus 19:57; 34:11
Leviticus 18:4
Deuteronomy 6:3,24; 11:13-15; 30:9-10
1 Kings 3:14
Psalm 103:18
Isaiah 1:19
Jeremiah 7:23
Ezekiel 20:11
Daniel 9:4
Joel 2:11
Luke 11:28
John 15:10
Acts 5:32
Romans 2:13
1 John 2:3,5; 32:23
1 Peter 1:22
God must discipline us when we do not obey.
Deuteronomy 28:15,45; 30:17-18
Judges 2:17
1 Samuel 12:15; 28:18
Psalm 106:25-26
Isaiah 42:24-25
Jeremiah 22:5; 32:23
Ezekiel 20:13
Daniel 9:11
Acts 7:39-42
2 Corinthians 10:6
2 Thessalonians 1:8; 3:14
1 Peter 4:17
Believers are examples of obedience and should encourage others to be obedient.
Genesis 26:5; 28:7
Exodus 24:7
Numbers 9:19
1 Kings 3:14
1 Chronicles 21:19
2 Chronicles 14:4; 31:21
Jonah 3:3
Haggai 1:12
Romans 15:18; 16:19
2 Corinthians 7:15; 9:13
Philippians 1:21
Hebrews 11:8
Obedience is a result of our love for, and faith in, God.
John 14:15,21
Romans 1:5
1 John 5:3
Obedience to parents is important.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
Proverbs 30:17
Luke 2:51
Ephesians 6:1
Colossians 3:20
Christ is the ultimate example of obedience.
John 15:10
Romans 5:19
Philippians 2:8
Sin is disobedience. In order to sin, we first turn away from God.
Romans 6:12
Galatians 5:7
We are to obey those in authority over us, but our first obedience is to God.
Joshua 1:17
Ecclesiastes 8:2
Matthew 23:3
Acts 4:19; 5:29
Ephesians 6:5
Colossians 3:22
Titus 3:1
Hebrews 13:17
1 Peter 3:6