Quotes About Obedience

“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecaiís command, as she had done under his care.

All the royal servants at the kingís gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone elseís, and they do not obey the kingís laws. So it is not in the kingís best interest to tolerate them.

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.

If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Jobís request.

Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

All the LORDís ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your fatherís house,