Obedience

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• General scriptures concerningGenesis 18:19Exodus 19:5Exodus 20:6Exodus 24:7Numbers 9:23Numbers 14:24Deuteronomy 5:10Joshua 14:6–14Joshua 22:2Joshua 24:241 Kings 3:142 Kings 18:62 Kings 21:8Nehemiah 1:5Psalms 1:2Psalms 18:44Psalms 25:10Psalms 99:7Psalms 103:17Psalms 103:18
• See Blessings, Contingent upon Obedience
• ENJOINEDGenesis 17:9Exodus 23:22Leviticus 19:19Leviticus 19:36Leviticus 19:37Leviticus 20:8Leviticus 20:22Leviticus 22:31Leviticus 26:3–13Numbers 15:38–40Deuteronomy 4:1–40Deuteronomy 5:1–33Deuteronomy 6:1–25Deuteronomy 8:1–6Deuteronomy 8:11–14Deuteronomy 8:16–20Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 10:13Deuteronomy 11:1–3Deuteronomy 11:8
• See Commandments
• See Duty
• See Law
• EXEMPLIFIEDGenesis 6:9Numbers 9:23Numbers 14:24Joshua 14:6–142 Kings 18:62 Kings 20:32 Chronicles 24:162 Chronicles 31:202 Chronicles 31:21Ezra 7:10Nehemiah 7:2Job 1:8Psalms 17:3Psalms 26:3–6Psalms 99:7Psalms 101:2Psalms 101:3Psalms 106:30Psalms 106:31Psalms 119:30
• See Blessings, Contingent upon Obedience
• See Commandments
• FILIAL
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• INSTANCES OF

The passages, in Bible order (295)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 6:9

   This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:91 voice

   “(Verse 9) Noah was a righteous and blameless man in his generation, pleasing to God. Specifically, it says 'in his generation' to show that his righteousness was not according to the perfected righteousness, but according to the righteousness of his generation. And this is what is said in Hebrew: Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations, he walked with God; that is, he followed in his footsteps.

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2. Genesis 6:22

   So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:221 voice

   “Thus did Noah - He prepared the ark; and during one hundred and twenty years preached righteousness to that sinful generation, 2Pe 2:5. And this we are informed, 1Pe 3:18, 1Pe 3:19, etc., he did by the Spirit of Christ; for it was only through him that the doctrine of repentance could ever be successfully preached. The people in Noah’s time are represented as shut up in prison - arrested and condemned by God’s justice, but graciously allowed the space of one hundred and twenty years to repent in.

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3. Genesis 7:5

   And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:51 voice

   “God granted one hundred years while the ark was being made to that generation, and still they did not repent. God summoned beasts that they had never seen and still they showed no remorse.

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4. Genesis 12:1–4

   Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

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5. Genesis 17:9

   God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

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6. Genesis 17:23

   On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 17:232 voices

   “And Abraham took Ishmael, etc. - Had not Abraham, his son, (who was of age to judge for himself), and all the family, been fully convinced that this thing was of God, they could not have submitted to it. A rite so painful, so repugnant to every feeling of delicacy, and every way revolting to nature, could never have sprung up in the imagination of man. To this day the Jews practice it as a Divine ordinance; and all the Arabians do the same.

   “This is a good example to masters of families; they and their houses must serve the Lord. Though God's covenant was not established with Ishmael, yet he was circumcised; for children of believing parents, as such, have a right to the privileges of the visible church, and the seals of the covenant, whatever they may prove afterwards.

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7. Genesis 18:19

   For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 18:192 voices

   “For I know him,.... Not only by his omniscience, but with a special knowledge, such as is accompanied with peculiar love and affection; and so Jarchi says, it is expressive of love.

   “And they shall keep the way of the Lord - The true religion; God’s way; that in which God walks himself, and in which, of course, his followers walk also; to do justice and judgment; not only to preserve the truth in their creed, but maintain it in their practice.

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8. Genesis 21:4

   When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

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   “The covenant being established with him, the seal of the covenant was administered to him; and though a bloody ordinance, and he a darling, yet it must not be omitted, no, nor deferred beyond the eighth day. God had kept time in performing the promise, and therefore Abraham must keep time in obeying the precept.

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9. Genesis 22:12

   “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 22:121 voice

   “Lay not thine hand upon the lad - As Isaac was to be the representative of Jesus Christ’s real sacrifice, it was sufficient for this purpose that in his own will, and the will of his father, the purpose of the immolation was complete. Isaac was now fully offered both by his father and by himself. The father yields up the son, the son gives up his life; on both sides, as far as will and purpose could go, the sacrifice was complete. God simply spares the father the torture of putting the knife to his son’s throat.

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10. Genesis 24:50

    Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 24:501 voice

    “Laban and Bethuel - These seem both to be brothers, of whom Laban was the eldest and chief; for the opinion of Josephus appears to be very correct, viz., that Bethuel, the father, had been some time dead. See note Gen 24:28. Bad or good - We can neither speak for nor against; it seems to be entirely the work of God, and we cordially submit: consult Rebekah; if she be willing, take her and go. See note Gen 24:58.

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11. Genesis 35:1

    Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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12. Genesis 35:7

    There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 35:71 voice

    “El-beth-el - אל בית אל the strong God, the house of the strong God. But the first אל el is wanting in one of De Rossi’s MSS., as it is also in the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and some copies of the Arabic. The sentence reads much better without it, and much more consistent with the parallel passages.

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13. Exodus 7:6

    So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.

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14. Exodus 12:28

    And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

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15. Exodus 19:5

    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 19:51 voice

    “A peculiar treasure - A costly possession acquired with exertion, and carefully guarded. The special relation in which Israel stands, taken out of the pagan world and consecrated to God, as His slaves, subjects, and children, determines their privileges, and is the foundation of their duties. The same principle applies even in a stronger sense to the Church. See Act 20:28; 1Co 6:20; 1Pe 2:9. All the earth is mine - It was a point of great practical importance, to impress upon the Jews that their God was no mere national Deity. Compare Deu 10:14; Psa 24:1.

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16. Exodus 20:6

    but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 20:61 voice

    “And showing mercy unto thousands - Mark; even those who love God and keep his commandments merit nothing from him, and therefore the salvation and blessedness which these enjoy come from the mercy of God: Showing mercy, etc. What a disproportion between the works of justice and mercy! Justice works to the third or fourth, mercy to thousands of generations! The heathen had maxims like these.

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