12 Bible Verses about Pleasing Men

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

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

Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to persecute them. He had James the brother of John put to death with the sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

But when two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?"

not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back to them,