Bible Verses About Divine Approval
This collection includes 50 passages about Divine Approval. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Scripture Passages
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Many seek the rulerβs favour; but every manβs judgment cometh from the Lord.
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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