What does the Bible say about obedience?

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• John 14:15

  If you love me, keep my commandments.

• Acts 5:29

  But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

• 1 Peter 1:14

  as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

• 1 John 5:3

  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

• Isaiah 1:19

  If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

• Luke 6:46

  "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?

• Luke 11:28

  But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

• Exodus 23:22

  But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

• Psalms 119:30

  I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.

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