Galatians 1:10
for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
we preach the gospel just as God thought fit to intrust it with us, not being studious to please men, but God, who approves our sincerity.
Acts 4:19-20
but Peter and John made answer, do you yourselves judge, whether it be right in the sight of God, to obey you rather than God.
Acts 5:29
then Peter and the other apostles made answer, we ought to obey God rather than men.
2 Corinthians 5:9-11
wherefore I studiously endeavour, whether staying in it, or departing out of it, to be acceptable to him.
James 4:4
Degenerate race, don't you know that friendship with vice is hostility against heaven. he that is a friend to the vicious world, is an enemy to God.
Ephesians 6:6
not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:
1 John 3:9
whosoever is born of God, does not commit sin; for the divine principle remaineth in him: he will not sin, because he is born of God.
Matthew 22:16
they dispatch'd therefore some of their disciples, together with the Herodians, who thus address'd themselves to him; master, we know that you are sincere, and faithfully teach the divine law without fear or flattery: for you have no regard to the outward quality of men.
Romans 2:29
but it is the Jew, who is so inwardly, and it is the circumcision of the heart, according to the spiritual, not the literal sense, which have the approbation, I do not say of men, but of God.
Colossians 3:22
servants, be entirely obedient to those, whom the laws have made your masters, and not meerly out of regard to their observation, as designing only to please men, but from a principle of integrity, as fearing God:
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, chosen to declare the gospel dispensation,
1 Corinthians 10:33
thus I endeavour to be acceptable to all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of others, so as they may be saved.
Matthew 28:14
if this come to the governor's ears, we will appease him, and secure you."
Acts 12:20
Herod was then making warlike preparations against the Tyrians, and Sidonians: but they unanimously sent a deputation to court: where having gain'd Blastus the king's chamberlain, they brought matters to an accommodation: for their country was subsisted by the king's territorys.
Romans 2:8
but unto those who are contentious, and do not yield to the truth, but give way to injustice, indignation and wrath,
Romans 15:1-2
I add, we that are better inform'd ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not study our own pleasure.
2 Corinthians 12:19
do you think I have been making excuses for not coming? as I am a christian, in the presence of God, I have, my beloved, in every thing consulted your advantage.