'Approval' in the Bible

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

The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

For by it the men of old gained approval.

And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,