Bible Verses about “popularity”

“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.”

“But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."”

“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.”

“A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

“You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”

“For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.”

“My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.”

“For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;”

“haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?”

“One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”

“and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"”

“But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.”

“Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?”

“However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.”

“But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;”

“and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."”

“But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?”

“Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?”

“For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”

“So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.”

“For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.”

“He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.”

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

“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?”

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."”

“But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.”

“Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.”

“"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,”

“and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.”

“He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,”

“All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.”