Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Ephesians 5:10 - New Revised Standard Version Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. American Standard Version (1901) proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; Common English Bible Therefore, test everything to see what’s pleasing to the Lord, Catholic Public Domain Version affirming what is well-pleasing to God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Proving what is well pleasing to God: |
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
Of what use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.
The one who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and has human approval.
to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,
I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.
If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents; for this is pleasing in God's sight.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe;
If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God's approval.
like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
David strapped Saul's sword over the armor, and he tried in vain to walk, for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these; for I am not used to them.” So David removed them.