Bible Verses About Approval
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for approval, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,268 votes, led by Galatians 1:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Approval
Galatians 1:10179 votes
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Psalms 118:6-990 votes
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
John 12:4390 votes
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:489 votes
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
2 Timothy 2:1576 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Matthew 6:3352 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Colossians 3:23-2450 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
2 Corinthians 10:1849 votes
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Romans 14:1845 votes
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Isaiah 49:444 votes
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Matthew 6:144 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
John 6:2737 votes
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Proverbs 29:2536 votes
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
Proverbs 25:2732 votes
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Romans 12:123 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 Corinthians 5:923 votes
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
James 4:423 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Acts 5:2922 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
1 John 2:1522 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Proverbs 8:34-3620 votes
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Matthew 6:2-419 votes
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 5:11-1218 votes
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Luke 6:22-2318 votes
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Romans 12:217 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Matthew 6:14-1516 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
What does the Bible say about approval?
Readers most often cite Galatians 1:10 on the subject of approval. Across 1,268 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 118:6-9, John 12:43, 1 Thessalonians 2:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.