47 Bible Verses about Commendation

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven. And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true. For by it our fathers had God's approval.

Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.

A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;

And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done. What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.

For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.

And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear.

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

I do not take honour from men;

For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow, In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food; In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,read more.
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true; Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death; As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.