18 Bible Verses about Pleasing Men

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

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

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

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

When two years had elapsed, 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, "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?"

not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,

and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.

When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts.

"They heardmy groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. You have brought the day you announced; now let them be as I am.

No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.

Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that a man gets justice.