48 Bible Verses about Commendation

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."

Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

And he said, "Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation.

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD!

Whoever gives thought to the wordwill discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil."

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

With him we are sendingthe brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.

And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

Therefore the LORDwaits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

"Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you.

And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.

When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

And he said to me, "O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

I do not receive glory from people.

for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,

For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae,

Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.

or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.

but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;read more.
by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.