12 Bible Verses about Pleasing Men

Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.

For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.

For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

Now, at about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands to ill-treat certain members of the church; and beheaded James, the brother of John, with the sword. And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.)

But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but as the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God;

Let each one of us try to make his neighbor happy for his good, unto his upbuilding.

but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.

Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.

A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.

Exhort slaves to be obedient to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in every respect;