obey
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To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
To give obedience.
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Let the husband learn to hear and obey God, and then the wife will listen to her husband.
'My sheep hear My voice' (Jn. 10:14). This is just another way of saying, 'They obey my words and keep My commandments.' Obeying the commandments the saints draw near to God; the more they draw near to God, the better they know Him.
You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.
He that cannot obey cannot command.
He who refuses to obey cannot command.
Having drunk the country's water, one should obey the country's laws.