Original collection
OBEDIENCE IS NECESSARY: Matt 7:21-23; Lk 6:46; Acts 2:26-41; Heb 5:8-9; 1 Pet 4:17-18; Jas 4:17; 2 Thes 1:7-9; 1 Jn 2:3-5; Jas 2:24-26; Gal 5:6; Jn 12:48; Phil 2:12; Jn 14:15, 21; 15:14; Rom 6:16-18; Jas 1:22-25; Rom 1:5; 16:26; Rev 22:14; Jn 8:31-32; 1 Jn 2:17; 1 Pet 1:22-25; 2 Thes 2:12-13; 1 Sam 15:22; Eccl 12:13; 2 Cor 9:13; Rom 15:18
Disobedience – Eph 5:6; Col 3:6; 2 Cor 11:15; Rom 2:8, 13
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 7:21-27; Luke 6:46-49; Romans 1:5; 6:16-18; Hebrews 5:8-9; James 1:22-25; 1 John 2:3-5
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
24 indexed verses · Showing 1–24. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Matthew 7:21 (KJV)
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.
Matthew 7:22 (KJV)
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew 7:23 (KJV)
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 7:24 (KJV)
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 7:25 (KJV)
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Matthew 7:26 (KJV)
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Matthew 7:27 (KJV)
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Luke 6:46 (KJV)
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luke 6:47 (KJV)
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luke 6:48 (KJV)
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Luke 6:49 (KJV)
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Romans 1:5 (KJV)
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans 6:16 (KJV)
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?
Romans 6:17 (KJV)
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Romans 6:18 (KJV)
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Hebrews 5:8 (KJV)
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hebrews 5:9 (KJV)
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
James 1:22 (KJV)
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 1:23 (KJV)
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James 1:24 (KJV)
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
James 1:25 (KJV)
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.
1 John 2:3 (KJV)
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4 (KJV)
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:5 (KJV)
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.