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Bible Verses About Pleasing God
Find Bible verses about pleasing god — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about pleasing god?
The Bible addresses pleasing god with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Galatians 1:10
“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.”
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John 8:29
“He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."”
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
“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.”
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Proverbs 15:26
“Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.”
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2 Corinthians 5:9
“Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.”
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Ephesians 5:10
“proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.”
Song of Solomon 1:3
“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.”
Leviticus 10:20
“When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.”
Hosea 9:4
“They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; for their bread wil...”
Numbers 15:10
“and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.”
Romans 8:8
“Those who are in the flesh can't please God.”
Colossians 3:20
“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.”
Matthew 11:26
“Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”
Titus 1:7
“For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;”
Exodus 29:25
“You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.”
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