“Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;”
Bible
“Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.”
“Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.”
“And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.”
“Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; / Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: / But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.”
“I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.”
Edward Gibbon
“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
