22 Bible Verses About Pleasing God, Not Man

The Bible’s answer is that a servant of God works for God’s approval, and it calls the fear of people a trap. Paul says that if he were “trying to please people” he “would not be a servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10), and Proverbs 29:25 calls the fear of man a snare. Psalm 118:6 asks, “What can mere mortals do to me?” Peter and the apostles tell the Sanhedrin, “We must obey God rather than human beings!” (Acts 5:29), and…