32 Bible Verses about Pleasing God

I EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable service;

For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,

Wherefore also we strive, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

for he that sows for his flesh, shall of the flesh reap destruction; but he that sows for the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life eternal.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Children, obey [your] parents in all things; for this is well pleasing in the Lord.

FINALLY, therefore, brothers, we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, as you have received from us how you ought to walk and please God, that you abound still more.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men, for kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in all piety and sanctity. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

But if any widow has children or relatives, let them learn first to support their family and to make returns to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

For do I now obey man, or God? or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I could not have been a servant of Christ.

but as we were judged worthy by God to be intrusted with the gospel so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tries our hearts.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; for he that in this serves Christ is well pleasing to God and approved by men.

And they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.

But I have all things and abound, I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, a perfume of good odor, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

And may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever; amen.

Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven.

not with eye service as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,

And the world passes away, and its desires; but he that does the will of God continues for ever.

And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

and there was a voice from heaven, You are my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

While he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.

I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, for I seek not my will, but the will of him that sent me.

and he having sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, for I always do the things which please him.

for in him [God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell,

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when this voice was brought to him from the magnificent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

By faith Enoch was translated without seeing death, and was not found because God translated him. For before the translation he was said to have pleased God;