Bible Verses about “pleasing god rather than people”

“Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”

“Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.”

“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,”

“Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.”

“For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.”

“But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.”

“Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”

“When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.”

“The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.”

“for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.”

“Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.”

“But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.”

“Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?”

“How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?”

“Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.”