Quotes About Approval

Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.

All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.

Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephenís death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.í

Although they know Godís righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Am 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.