Pleasing The Lord

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

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

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

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. — read the full passage →

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, — read the full passage →

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him. — read the full passage →

pray without ceasing;

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, evenJesus; — read the full passage →

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

(Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judæa and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. — read the full passage →

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ:

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?

Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me: — read the full passage →

But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.

And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. — read the full passage →

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. — read the full passage →

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.