2 Timothy 2:15
Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, an irreproachable workman, correctly traversing the word of truth.
John 21:15-17
So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?
Acts 2:22
Men, Israelites, hear ye these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man shown by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,
Acts 20:27
For I did not withdraw from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
Romans 14:18
For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
Romans 16:10
Salute Apelles, a man reliable in Christ. Salute the men from those of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 2:6
But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a spirit, for the document kills but the spirit makes alive.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
2 Corinthians 5:9
Therefore also we aspire, whether at home or away from home, to be well-pleasing to him.
2 Corinthians 6:3-4
giving not one cause of stumbling in anything, so that the ministry may not be criticized,
2 Corinthians 10:18
For he who commends himself, that man is not approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Galatians 1:10
For do I now trust men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men I would not be a bondman of Christ.
Ephesians 1:13
In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good-news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,
1 Thessalonians 2:4
but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, thus we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who proves our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.
1 Timothy 4:6
Laying these things down to the brothers, thou will be a good helper of Jesus Christ, reared up in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine that thou have followed.
1 Timothy 4:12-16
Let no man disparage thy youth, but become an example of the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.
Hebrews 5:11-14
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.
James 1:18
Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, instead be diligent to make your calling and selection sure, for doing these things, ye would, no, not ever stumble.
2 Peter 1:15
And also I will endeavor for you to always have, after my departure, the memory of these things to apply.
2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.
Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Mark 4:33
And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.