obedience is shown by compliance actions not by a verbal agreement

if years for living can be increased through obedience therefore disobedience can decrease it as well.

the ADDITION and SUBTRACTION of your earthly living days, weeks, months and years are determined by your obedience or disobedience.

by the act of disobedience one is demoted from the position while as by the action of disobedience one is promoted into the position replacing the disobedient person that is David and Saul.

the INCREASE and DECREASE of human life expectancy on earth is determined by obedience and disobedience. obedience add life but disobedience reduces it. OBEY

when listening result in positive compliant actions, the effect of obedience has occurred. therefore obedience has nothing to do with verbal respond, but is only the actions of compliance and submission to instructions that matters.