The slaves gave passive obedience to their master.
You do it without delay. Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.
The administration is demanding “lemming-like” obedience from Congress. Senator Chuck Hagel will have none of it.
Kant thought this kind of reasoning could be applied to many of our most cherished moral imperatives and would entail the obedience of any rational creature.
It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do, if she find him jealous.
enjoin obedience [silence]
The sergeant expects obedience from his men.
He put up a token show of obedience.
Soldiers were recruited for their ability to listen, their good manners, obedience, and their pledge to follow their superiors.
Mother Teresa wore the same outfit every day: a white sari with three blue stripes, reflecting her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
For my self, not only for my obedience, but my particular Genius, I do embrace it: for even that vulgar and Tavern-Musick, which makes one man merry, another mad, strikes in me a deep fit of devotion, and a profound contemplation of the First Composer.
bluster a person into going [obedience]
Throughout the New Testament, we are told to walk in wisdom, love, light, and obedience.
People don't always blindly follow authority figures though, studies show a huge range in obedience, from 12% to 92% depending on the social context.
You can't coerce her into obedience.
There is no other path than obedience to developing faith.
As part of their obedience training, employees must be taught how to dress, talk, move, and so on.
You are attracted to obedience and warmth.
Then, to underscore the need for this single-minded obedience, the Bible tells us that Peter became distracted.
Institutionalized schooling, I gradually realized, is about obedience in exchange for favors and advantages: Sit where I tell you, speak when I allow it, memorize what I've told you to memorize.
"Being built up in Him" -the believer's life is built on the foundation of the Savior through obedience.
State television interpreted this as a sign of obedience.
He demanded obedience from his inferiors.
Parenting style focused on excessive rules, rigid belief systems, and the expectation of unquestioned obedience.
For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil.
This life metaphor is seen in stories throughout the Bible. God continually tests people's character, faith, obedience, love, integrity, and loyalty.
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