'Approved' in the Bible

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.

'Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, is acceptable to God and approved of men.

salute Apelles, the approved in Christ; salute those of the household of Aristobulus;

for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.

and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,