48 Bible Verses about Commendation

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

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

When Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work unto me.

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is your faith: be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say also unto you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all:

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained approval.

[Aleph] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whosoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the sabbath from defiling it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.

Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy.

For this is commendable, if a man for conscience toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when you be buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is commendable with God.

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

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

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.

And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto you, and stand upright: for unto you am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

I receive not honor from men.

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much who had believed through grace:

For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same:

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Now I praise you, brethren, because you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to boast on our behalf, that you may have something to answer them who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

But in all things presenting ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,read more.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.