OBEDIENCE

OBEDIENCE. → General scriptures concerning Ge 18:19; Ex 19:5; 20:6; 24:7; Nu 9:23; 14:24; De 5:10; Jos 14:6-14; 22:2; 24:24; 1Ki 3:14; 2Ki 18:6; 21:8; Ne 1:5; Ps 1:2; 18:44; 25:10; 99:7; 103:17,18,20,21; 111:10; 112:1; 119:2,4-6,8,10,15,16,22,30,31,33,44,45,55,56,59,60,72,77,87, 97,100-102,104-106,109,112,129,167,168; 143:10; Pr 1:33; 19:16; 28:7; Isa 1:19; Jer 7:23; Eze 18:19; 33:14-16; Da 7:27; Mt 5:19; 6:24; 9:9; 12:50; 13:8,23; 25:20-23; Mr 2:14; 3:35; 4:20; Lu 1:6; 6:46-48; 8:15,21; 11:2,28; 12:37,38; Joh 8:28,51; 9:4; 10:27; 14:15,23,31; 15:10,14,16; Ac 4:19; 5:29; Ro 6:17; Eph 2:10; Php 2:12; Heb 10:7; Jas 2:10-12; 1Pe 1:2,14; 1Jo 2:3-6,17; 3:22,24; 5:2,3; 2Jo 1:6-9; Re 12:17; 22:7,14 → See BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE → ENJOINED Ge 17:9; Ex 23:22; Le 19:19,36,37; 20:8,22; 22:31; 26:3-13; Nu 15:38-40; De 4:1-40; 5:1-33; 6:1-25; 8:1-6,11-14,16-20; 10:12,13; 11:1-3,8,9,13-28,32; 13:4; 26:16-18; 27:1-10; 28:1-68; 32:46; Jos 22:5; 23:6,7; 24:14,15; 1Sa 12:24; 15:22; 2Ki 17:37,38; 1Ch 16:15; 28:9,10,20; Ezr 7:10,23; Ps 76:11; Ec 12:13; Jer 26:13; 38:20; Mal 4:4; Mt 9:9; 19:17,29; Mr 2:14; Joh 12:26; 13:17; 14:15,21; Ga 3:10,12; 5:3; Eph 4:1,17; 6:6-8; Php 2:12; 1Ti 6:14,18; Heb 13:16; Jas 1:22-25
* See COMMANDMENTS
* See DUTY
* See LAW

→ EXEMPLIFIED Ge 6:9; Nu 9:23; 14:24; Jos 14:6-14; 2Ki 18:6; 20:3; 2Ch 24:16; 31:20,21; Ezr 7:10; Ne 7:2; Job 1:8; Ps 17:3; 26:3-6; 99:7; 101:2,3; 106:30,31; 119:30,31,40,44,47,48,51,54-56,59, 60,67,69,100-102,105,106,110,112,166-168; Ac 23:1; 24:16; Ro 6:17; 2Co 1:12; 6:3,4; Php 3:7-14; 1Th 1:9; 2:10; 2Ti 1:3; Re 2:19; 3:4; 14:4,5
* See BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
* See COMMANDMENTS

→ FILIAL
* See CHILDREN

→ INSTANCES OF
* Noah Ge 6:9,22; 7:5; Heb 11:7
* Abraham Ge 12:1-4; 17:23; 21:4; 22:12; Ne 9:8; Ac 7:3-8; Heb 11:8-17; Jas 2:21
* Bethuel and Laban Ge 24:50
* Jacob Ge 35:1,7
* Moses Nu 27:12-22; Heb 3:2,3
* Moses and Aaron Ex 7:6; 40:16,21,23,32
* The Israelites Ex 12:28; 32:25-29; 39:42,43; Nu 9:20,21; De 33:9; Jud 2:7; Ps 99:7
* Under the preaching of Haggai Hag 1:12
* Caleb De 1:36
* Joshua Jos 10:40; 11:15
* Reubenites Jos 22:2,3
* Gideon Jud 6:25-28
* David 1Sa 18:14; 25:28; 1Ki 11:6,34; 15:5; 2Ch 29:2; Ac 13:22
* Elisha 1Ki 19:19-21
* Hezekiah 2Ki 18:6; 2Ch 31:20,21; Isa 38:3
* Josiah 2Ki 22:2; 23:24,25
* Asa 2Ch 14:2
* Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:3-6; 20:32; 22:9
* Jehoiada 2Ch 24:16
* Uzziah 2Ch 26:4,5
* Jotham 2Ch 36:22,23
* Levites 2Ch 29:34
* Cyrus 2Ch 36:22,23; Ezr 1:1-4
* Ezra Ezr 7:10
* Hanani Ne 7:2
* Job Job 1:8
* Daniel Da 6:10
* Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego Da 3
* Jonah Jon 3:3
* Ninevites Jon 3:5-10
* Zacharias Lu 1:6
* Simeon Lu 2:25
* Joseph Mt 1:24; 2:14
* Mary Lu 1:38
* Jesus Mt 3:15; 26:39,42; Lu 22:42; Joh 4:32,34; 5:30; 12:49,50; 14:31; 17:4; Heb 3:2
* John the Baptist Mt 3:15
* John and James Mr 1:19,20
* Matthew Mt 9:9
* Simon and Andrew Mr 1:16-18
* Levi Mr 2:14
* Nathanael Joh 1:47
* The rich young man Mt 19:20; Mr 10:19,20; Lu 18:21
* The disciples Joh 17:6
* Cornelius Ac 10:2
* Paul Ac 23:1; 26:4,5; 2Ti 1:3

→ TO CIVIL LAW
* See CITIZEN

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obedience. Obedience, n. dutifulness, submission, compliance

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O‐be″di‐ence (?), n. [[F. obédience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf. Obeisance.]] 1. 1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames. 2. 2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. Shak.
3. 3. (Eccl.) (a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.
Canonical obedience. See under Canonical. — Passive obedience. See under Passive.