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What Does the Bible Say About Pleasing the Lord?

Here are 14 Bible verses about Pleasing the Lord, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Colossians 1:10

    That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

    BSBso that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

  2. #2Proverbs 16:7

    When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

    BSBWhen a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

  3. #3Galatians 1:10

    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.

    BSBAm I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  4. #42 Timothy 2:4

    No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

    BSBA soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.

  5. #5Romans 8:8

    So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

    BSBThose controlled by the flesh cannot please God.

  6. #6Philippians 2:13

    For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

    BSBFor it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

  7. #7Hebrews 11:6

    But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

    BSBAnd without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

  8. #8John 17:17

    Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

    BSBSanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

  9. #9Proverbs 3:7

    Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

    BSBBe not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  10. #10James 4:17

    Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

    BSBAnyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

  11. #11Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

    BSBThose I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

  12. #12Ephesians 5:1-33

    Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. …

    BSBBe imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. …

  13. #13Psalms 1:1-3

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

    BSBBlessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

  14. #14Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

    BSBBe anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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