Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
Rather, because we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, we speak as we do, not trying to please people but God, who tests our motives.
Acts 4:19-20
But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God,
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!
2 Corinthians 5:9-11
So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
James 4:4
You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.
Ephesians 6:6
Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.
1 John 3:9
No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.
Romans 2:29
No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched in order to please them, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
Romans 1:1
From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God's gospel,
1 Corinthians 10:33
just as I myself try to please everybody in every way. I don't look out for my own benefit, but rather for the benefit of many people, so that they might be saved.
1 Samuel 21:7
Now, Doeg the Edomite, one of Saul's officials, was there that day, detained in the LORD's presence. He was the chief of Saul's shepherds.
Matthew 28:14
If this is reported to the governor, we'll personally persuade him to keep you out of trouble."
Acts 12:20
Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.
Romans 2:8
but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.
Romans 15:1-2
Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.
2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you been thinking all along that we are trying to defend ourselves before you? We are speaking before God in the authority of the Messiah, and everything, dear friends, is meant to build you up.