100 Bible Verses about Being Obedient

Here are 100 Bible verses about being obedient, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

John 14:15 KJV

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

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James 2:18 KJV

¹⁸ Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

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Ephesians 6:1-3 KJV

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ² Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; ³ That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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Hebrews 13:17 KJV

¹⁷ Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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Romans 5:19 KJV

¹⁹ For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

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2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV

⁵ Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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James 2:24 KJV

²⁴ Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

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James 1:22 KJV

²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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Esther 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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Luke 11:28 KJV

²⁸ But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV

¹ 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:

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Romans 12:2 KJV

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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Romans 1:5 KJV

⁵ By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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Romans 13:1 KJV

¹ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Acts 2:38 KJV

³⁸ Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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2 John 1:6 KJV

⁶ And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 KJV

³ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: ⁴ That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; ⁵ Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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Ephesians 6:1 KJV

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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Galatians 3:27 KJV

²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Luke 13:3 KJV

³ I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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Hebrews 13:4 KJV

⁴ Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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Hebrews 11:7 KJV

⁷ By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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Acts 5:29 KJV

²⁹ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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John 15:14 KJV

¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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John 14:23 KJV

²³ Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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John 14:21 KJV

²¹ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

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John 12:26 KJV

²⁶ If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Luke 6:46 KJV

⁴⁶ And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

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Proverbs 5:18-19 KJV

¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹ Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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1 Peter 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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1 Corinthians 6:18 KJV

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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Romans 10:9 KJV

⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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1 Samuel 15:22 KJV

²² And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

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Joshua 1:8 KJV

⁸ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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1 John 2:3-6 KJV

³ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. ⁶ He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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Hebrews 12:2 KJV

² Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Hebrews 5:8 KJV

⁸ Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

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2 Thessalonians 1:8 KJV

⁸ In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Colossians 3:22 KJV

²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;

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Philippians 2:8 KJV

⁸ And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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Romans 12:1 KJV

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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Romans 2:6-8 KJV

⁶ Who will render to every man according to his deeds: ⁷ To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: ⁸ But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

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Acts 5:32 KJV

³² And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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John 15:10 KJV

¹⁰ If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

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John 8:24 KJV

²⁴ I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

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Matthew 7:21 KJV

²¹ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

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Isaiah 1:19 KJV

¹⁹ If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

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Exodus 19:5 KJV

⁵ Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

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1 John 5:3 KJV

³ For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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1 John 5:2-3 KJV

² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. ³ For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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1 John 3:24 KJV

²⁴ And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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James 1:25 KJV

²⁵ But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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Colossians 3:20 KJV

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Romans 8:14 KJV

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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John 1:1 KJV

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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Matthew 26:39 KJV

³⁹ And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

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Matthew 5:13 KJV

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

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Proverbs 13:13 KJV

¹³ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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Proverbs 6:20 KJV

²⁰ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Job 36:11 KJV

¹¹ If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

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Joshua 5:6 KJV

⁶ For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Deuteronomy 11:26-28 KJV

²⁶ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; ²⁷ A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: ²⁸ 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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Revelation 14:12 KJV

¹² Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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1 John 3:22 KJV

²² And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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1 John 3:21-22 KJV

²¹ Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. ²² And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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1 John 2:6 KJV

⁶ He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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1 Peter 4:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. ¹⁷ For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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1 Peter 1:2 KJV

² Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

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Hebrews 5:9 KJV

⁹ And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

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Hebrews 5:8-9 KJV

⁸ Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; ⁹ And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

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Ephesians 6:6 KJV

⁶ Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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Ephesians 5:6 KJV

⁶ Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

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1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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Romans 6:16 KJV

¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

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John 14:31 KJV

³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

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John 6:38 KJV

³⁸ For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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John 4:34 KJV

³⁴ Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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Mark 13:12 KJV

¹² Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

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Matthew 5:17 KJV

¹⁷ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

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Proverbs 23:22 KJV

²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Proverbs 3:1-2 KJV

¹ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: ² For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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Deuteronomy 11:1 KJV

¹ Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

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Genesis 22:18 KJV

¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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Genesis 6:8 KJV

⁸ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

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2 Peter 1:4 KJV

⁴ Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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1 Peter 1:3 KJV

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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James 2:26 KJV

²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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James 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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Philemon 1:21 KJV

²¹ Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Colossians 4:1 KJV

¹ Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

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