40 Bible Verses about recognition

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Honor widows who are widows indeed;

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men.

But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.

For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”

When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.

Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake.

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

Look to the right and see;
For there is no one who regards me;
There is no escape for me;
No one cares for my soul.

But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.

Calling them to Himself, Jesus *said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them.

But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

I do not receive glory from men;

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.

as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

They began to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.