Bible Verses About Pleasing God Rather Than People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for pleasing god rather than people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,820 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 Pleasing God Rather Than People
Galatians 1:101,517 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.
1 Thessalonians 2:4802 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.
John 12:43660 votes
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Proverbs 29:25649 votes
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
Colossians 3:23634 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Acts 5:29548 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Isaiah 2:22395 votes
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Proverbs 16:7350 votes
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
John 5:44345 votes
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Romans 12:1-2329 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.
Galatians 2:20319 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
2 Corinthians 5:9295 votes
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Matthew 10:28251 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
1 Corinthians 10:31242 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Jeremiah 17:5232 votes
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Colossians 3:22-25192 votes
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Romans 12:12187 votes
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Hebrews 11:6164 votes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Proverbs 29:26141 votes
Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.
Isaiah 51:7135 votes
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Romans 12:1134 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.
1 Samuel 16:7132 votes
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Romans 12:2123 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.
Luke 12:4-12116 votes
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Ephesians 5:10113 votes
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
What does the Bible say about pleasing god rather than people?
Readers most often cite Galatians 1:10 on the subject of pleasing god rather than people. Across 13,820 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Thessalonians 2:4, John 12:43, Proverbs 29:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.