Bible Verses about “people pleasers”
The Bible contains 50 verses about people pleasers across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
“‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›”
“‹Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?›”
“‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?›”
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
“‹Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day› [is] ‹the evil thereof.›”
“¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›”
“‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›”
“‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:›”
“‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›”
“‹And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:›”
“‹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.›”
“‹Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,› [shall he] ‹not much more› [clothe] ‹you, O ye of little faith?›”
“‹Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?›”
“¶ ‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›”
“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”
“‹But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.›”
“‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:›”
“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:”
“¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:›”
“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”
“A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
“‹Therefore when thou doest› [thine] ‹alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”
“‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.›”
“‹That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.›”
“‹But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:›”
“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”
“¶ ‹And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites› [are]: ‹for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”
“‹And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.›”
“‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›”
“‹Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as› [it is] ‹in heaven.›”
“‹Give us this day our daily bread.›”
“¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›”
“‹The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.›”
“‹But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;›”
“¶ ‹Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”
“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
“‹But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great› [is] ‹that darkness!›”
“‹That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.›”
“‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›”
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
“¶ For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”
“With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:”
“And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.”
“Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.”