Bible Verses about “compliments”
The Bible contains 42 verses about compliments across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
“For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.”
“¶ Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:”
“For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”
“Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.”
“And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”
“¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:”
“[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
“So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.”
“¶ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.”
“¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
“Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.”
“Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.”
“¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:”
“¶ If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;”
“For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.”
“[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.”
“A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.”
“¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.”
“If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?”
“For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.”
“¶ [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.”
“¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;”
“Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.”
“¶ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.”
“So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.”
“For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.”
“¶ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.”
“He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:”
“But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.”
“¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”
“He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.”
“The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.”
“¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:”
“¶ My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:”
“For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?”
“¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.”
“¶ He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”