15 Bible Verses about Compliments

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1 Samuel 29:6-9

Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you. So now go back, and go in peace, so that you do not make the lords of the Philistines angry. And David said to Achish, But what have I done? what have you seen in your servant while I have been with you till this day, that I may not go and take up arms against those who are now making war on my lord the king?read more.
And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.

Acts 20:1-2

And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia. And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

Philippians 1:3-6

I give praise to my God at every memory of you, And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy, Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;read more.
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

2 Thessalonians 1:3-4

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another; So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

2 Timothy 1:3-5

I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy; Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

Proverbs 28:23

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

Philippians 2:19-23

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you. For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you. For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.read more.
But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news. Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:

Proverbs 23:8

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Proverbs 26:28

A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

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