Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to gain 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 a slave of Christ!
1 Thessalonians 2:4
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.
Acts 4:19-20
But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.
2 Corinthians 5:9-11
So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.
James 4:4
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.
Ephesians 6:6
not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
1 John 3:9
Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God's seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.
Matthew 22:16
They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.
Romans 2:29
but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching -- like those who are strictly people-pleasers -- but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
Romans 1:1
From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
1 Corinthians 10:33
just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
1 Samuel 21:7
(One of Saul's servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul's shepherds.)
Matthew 28:14
If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."
Acts 12:20
Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country.
Romans 2:8
but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
Romans 15:1-2
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.