15 Bible Verses about Compliments

A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.

An appropriate answer brings joy to a person, and a well-timed word is a good thing.

Then Achish summoned David and told him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you are trustworthy, and it seems good to me for you to campaign with me as part of the army. Indeed, I've not found any evil in you from the time you came to me until now. But the leaders don't approve of you. Now return and go in peace, so you do nothing to displease the Philistine leaders." David told Achish, "What have I done, and what have you found in your servant from the time I came before you until this very moment, that I shouldn't go out and fight the enemies of your majesty?"read more.
Achish answered David, "I know that I'm pleased with you. You're like an angel of God. But the Philistine leaders have said, "He mustn't go into battle with us.'

When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. Then he said goodbye to them and left to go to Macedonia. He went through those regions and encouraged the people with everything he had to say. Then he went to Greece

First of all, I thank my God through Jesus the Messiah for all of you, because the news about your faith is being reported throughout the world.

I thank my God every time I remember you, always praying joyfully in every one of my prayers for all of you because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. read more.
I am convinced of this, that the one who began a good action among you will bring it to completion by the Day of the Messiah Jesus.

For although I am physically absent, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how stable you are and how firm your faith in the Messiah is.

In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring.

Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. As a result, we rejoice about you among God's churches about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing.

I constantly thank my God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did when I remember you in my prayers night and day, recalling your tears and longing to see you so that I can be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first existed in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that this faith also exists in you.

I praise you for remembering everything I told you and for holding to the traditions that I passed on to you.

Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor than someone who flatters with his words.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I can be encouraged when I learn of your condition. I do not have anyone else like him who takes a genuine interest in your welfare. For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah. read more.
But you know his proven worth how like a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things are going to turn out for me.

You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.