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Want to know what the Bible says about Pleasing God? Here are 198 Bible verses about Pleasing God from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
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Luke 16:15 NIV
He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
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Proverbs 12:22 NIV
The Lord detests lying lips,
    but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
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2 Peter 3:2 NIV
I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
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Luke 22:42 NIV
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
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Jude 1:14-15 NIV
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
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Psalm 16:11 NIV
You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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Hebrews 10:38 NIV
And,
“But my righteous one will live by faith.
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”
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Proverbs 11:20 NIV
The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,
    but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
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