'Approval' in the Bible

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.

And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.

Give my love to Apelles, who has the approval of Christ. Say a kind word to those who are of the house of Aristobulus.

But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.

Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.

So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

For by it our fathers had God's approval.

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.