48 Bible Verses about Commendation
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The tongue of the wise uses knowledge properly. The mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
Jesus was aware of this and said: Why do you trouble the woman? Her expression to me was good.
Jesus heard this and marveled at him. He turned to the crowd and said, I tell you I find no greater faith in Israel.
O woman, Jesus replied, your faith is great! Let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
Jesus answered him: Bless you, Simon son of John. This knowledge came from my Father in heaven and not from man. You are Peter (Greek: petros: piece of rock), and on this rock-mass (Greek: petra: mass of rock) (referring to Jesus) I will build my congregation. The entrance to the grave (Greek: Hades) will not have power to stop it.
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through this he was commended as righteous. God testified about his gifts. Thus through faith he still speaks even though he is dead.
By faith Enoch was moved (transferred) (removed) so that he would not see death. He was not found, because God had moved him away. Before he was moved away he saw that he had pleased God well. (Genesis 5:24)
Blessed is the man who has made Jehovah his security. He has not turned to the proud, or to those who turn aside into falsehood.
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and evidence of things not seen. God approved of the men of old because of their faith.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless. They walk in the law of Jehovah.
Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, whose refuge and security (confidence and hope) is Jehovah.
The King will say to those on his right hand: 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For he that serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of by men.
And we have sent together with him the brother, whose praise in the good news has spread through all the congregations,
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, did not receive the promise.
Jehovah is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)
For this is to your credit to suffer wrongfully and endure grief because of your conscience toward God. What value is there when you sin, and are buffeted for it, you take it patiently? But if, when you do well and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
No one in all Israel was praised for his good looks as much as Absalom was. He had no blemish from head to toe.
It is not he that commends himself that is approved. It is the one whom Jehovah commends. (Proverbs 29:26)
Pharaoh's officials saw her. They praised her to Pharaoh. She was taken into his palace.
Judah, your brothers will praise you. You hold your enemies by the neck. Your brothers will bow down before you.
the people gave a blessing to all the men who freely offered to take up their places in Jerusalem.
A man is commended according to his wisdom. He with a perverse heart will be despised.
Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips.
They who forsake the law praise the wicked. Those who obey the law oppose them.
He said to me: O Daniel, you are greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you. Stand upright for I have been sent to you. When he spoke these words I stood trembling.
The master of the dishonest manager praised him for doing a shrewd thing. People of this world are more astute at handling their affairs than people who belong to the light.
When he decided to travel to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him. They wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived he was a great help to those who by grace believed.
He is not a Jew who is one on the outside. Neither is circumcision that which is on the outside in the flesh.
For rulers are objects of fear, not to good works, but to the evil. Will you not have respect for the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from it.
Now I praise you, brothers, because you remember me in all things, and carefully follow the teachings (precepts) (doctrine) just as I delivered them to you.
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some do, letters of commendation to you or from you?
I have become a fool in boasting. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended about you: for in nothing am I inferior to the most prominent apostles, though I am nothing.
We did not try to get praise from anyone, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you.
or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do good.
We are not again commending ourselves to you. But we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us. That way you may have an answer for those who glory in appearance, and not in heart.
In everything we commend ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting; in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,read more.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; Also as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
