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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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Psalm 51:16-17 NIV
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart
    you, God, will not despise.
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Romans 8:5 NIV
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
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Hebrews 11:5 NIV
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
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Romans 12:12 NIV
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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1 Chronicles 29:17 NIV
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.
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Philippians 2:13 NIV
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
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2 Timothy 2:4 NIV
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.
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Colossians 1:10 NIV
so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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Matthew 17:5 NIV
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
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1 Corinthians 10:33 NIV
even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
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