Bible Verses About Following Rules

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Do you ever find yourself wondering if there is anything in the Bible about being obedient? You have company. Whether they come from our parents or our teachers, we all have rules that we must follow. Of course, there are plenty of times when, out of boredom or disinterest, we consider destroying them. Because of this, we are curious as to whether or not the Bible encourages disobeying the rules.

Bible Verses About Following Rules

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” (Colossians 3:23)

“Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted.” (Romans 13:1-2)

“Obey the government in everything and resist not evil. When a magistrate punishes someone unjustly, make no reply but rather give your reasons to him privately when he asks.” (Sirach 3:16-17)

Bible Verses About Following Instructions

Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:24-26)

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:17-20

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“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 (NIV)

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“Anyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.”

Matthew 7:24 (NIV)

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”

Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)

“For those who follow Jesus, the rules are simple: Love God, love people, do justice, show mercy, make peace. These guidelines are our rule book for life.”

Pope Francis

I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before Me.

You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

You shall not take the name of Yahvah your god in vain; for YHWH will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain!

Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy! Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but on the seventh day is a sabbath unto YHWH thy God; thou shalt not do any work—thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant… For YHWH brought you out of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm; therefore YHWH commanded you to keep His statutes and His ordinances

“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.”

“Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; because you neglected all my counsel and did not want my reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when disaster strikes you; when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster comes upon you like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.”

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock.”

“When he said to his father, ‘I do not want to be a bondservant,’ he disowned the words of his father in favor of what he preferred himself. But when he became established, he said,”Son, remember that during your youth your father disciplined you severely.”

“Now therefore listen to me,” declares the LORD,”that