Galatians 1:10
Is this, I ask, trying to conciliate men, or God? Am I seeking to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the Good News, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not men, but God who proves our hearts.
Acts 4:19-20
But Peter and John replied: "Whether it is right, in the sight of God, to listen to you rather than to him--
Acts 5:29
To this Peter and the Apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men.
2 Corinthians 5:9-11
Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.
James 4:4
Unfaithful people! Do not you know that to be friends with the world means to be at enmity with God? Therefore whoever chooses to be friends with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
Ephesians 6:6
Not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please men, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.
1 John 3:9
No one who has received the new Life from God lives sinfully, because the very nature of God dwells within him; and he cannot live in sin, because he has received the new Life from God.
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: "Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man's position.
Romans 2:29
And the real circumcision is the circumcision of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal thing. Such a man wins praise from God, though not from men.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, always obey your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had but to please men, but giving them ungrudging service, in your reverence for the Master.
Romans 1:1
To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ's People, From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, who has been called to become an Apostle, and has been set apart to tell God's Good News.
1 Corinthians 10:33
For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.
Matthew 28:14
"And should this matter come before the Governor," they added, "we will satisfy him, and see that you have nothing to fear."
Acts 12:20
It happened that Herod was deeply offended with the people of Tyre and Sidon, but they went in a body to him, and, having succeeded in winning over Blastus, the Chamberlain, they begged Herod for a reconciliation, because their country was dependent on the King's for its food-supply.
Romans 2:8
While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,
Romans 15:1-2
We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.
2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;