16 Bible Verses about Men Pleasers

For now do I persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

And Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to menread more.
(knowing that whatever good thing he does, he shall receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a freeman). And masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing that your Master also is in Heaven. There is no respect of persons with Him.

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

And at that time Herod the king threw on his hands to oppress some of those of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he went further to seize Peter also. (And they were days of Unleavened Bread.)

But after two years Felix welcomed a successor, Porcius Festus. And wishing to show a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.

But Festus, wanting to please the Jews, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem and be judged there before me about these things?

not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

Masters, give to your slaves what is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.

I do not receive honor from men.

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts.

Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, being able to be so with heaviness, as apostles of Christ.

And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Then be in obedience to every ordinance of men, because of the Lord, whether to a king as supreme,

providing for honest things, not only before the Lord, but also before men.