24 Bible Verses about Praising Specific People

My dove, {she is the one}; my perfect, {she is the only one}; she [is] {the favorite of} her mother who bore her. Maidens see her and consider her fortunate; queens and concubines praise her:

And the king asked, "What has been done to bestow honor to Mordecai for this?" And the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

And Haman came, and the king said to him, "What [is] to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" And Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?"

So Haman said to the king, "For a man whom the king wishes to honor,

At that time I will bring you [in]; at the time of my gathering you [together]. For I will make you {renowned} and praised among all the nations of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your eyes," says Yahweh.

I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for [I am] in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles, even if I am nothing.

And the officials of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her [beauty] to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh.

On the third day, a man came from the camp from [being with] Saul, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. {When he came} to David, he fell to the ground and bowed down.

Among the thirty, is it not that he [was] honored and became a commander for them? But he did not come up to the three

He [was] honored more than the thirty, but he did not come up to the three. David appointed him in charge of his bodyguard.

These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and gained a name for himself among the three mighty warriors.

Why do you despise my sacrifice and my offering which I commanded [for my] dwelling place, while you honored your sons more than me by making yourselves fat from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel?

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

Now I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

And he began to teach in their synagogues, [and] was praised by all.

And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"

Now I praise you that you remember me [in] all [things], and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to [them].

And whenever I arrive, whomever you approve by letters, I will send these to take your gift to Jerusalem.

and these also must be tested first; then let them serve [if they] are above reproach.

They also were speaking of his good deeds in my presence, and they were sending my words out to him. Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or [do we], like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

But in giving this instruction I do not praise [you], because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

And all of the king's servants who [were] at the gate of the king [were] kneeling and bowing down to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him, but Mordecai did not kneel and bow down.

And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling and bowing down to him, and he was filled [with] anger.