'Before God' in the Bible

But Jesus answered him, "Allow it [to be done], for it is proper for us to complete everything that is right [before God]." So, John agreed to it.

"Those persons whose hearts are pure [before God] will be blessed because they will see God.

how he went into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and how he also gave it to the men who were with him?”

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me!”

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

to perform his customary duties as a priest before God, he drew the responsibility [that day] of entering the Temple of the Lord to burn the incense offering. [Note: This was done on a golden Altar in the Temple by a priest twice a day].

And the angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand before God, and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to bring these glad tidings to thee;

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

But whoever denies me before people will be denied before God's angels.

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.”

For one man is not different from another before God.

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

But now, without the law, righteousness before God is manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets;

The righteousness, no doubt, which is good before God cometh by the faith of Jesus Christ: unto all, and upon all them that believe.

There is no difference: For all have sinned, and lack the praise that is of valour before God:

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,

who was betrayed and crucified because of our sins, and was raised [from the dead] because of our justification [our acquittal—absolving us of all sin before God].

And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in accordance with God’s will.

For they are ignorant of the righteousness which is allowed before God, and go about to establish their own righteousness: and therefore, are not obedient unto the righteousness which is of value before God.

But you, why do you find fault with your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon your brother? We shall all stand before God to be judged;

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

But he who is uncertain [about eating a particular thing] is condemned if he eats, because he is not acting from faith. Whatever is not from faith is sin [whatever is done with doubt is sinful].

that no flesh should glory before God.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

I am aware of nothing against myself and I feel blameless, but I am not by this acquitted [before God]. It is the Lord who judges me.

If one of you has a grievance against an opponent, does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before God's people?

Brothers, each man, in what he was called, should remain in this before God.

And food sets us not before God: for neither, if we eat, do we abound; neither if we eat not, do we want.

to those without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the Law;

and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon his face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.

For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.

Such confidence I have through Christ before God.

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well.

for he hath made him to be sin for us, which knew no sin, that we by his means should be that righteousness which before God is allowed.

For sorrow before God worketh repentance to salvation never to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

[This was] so that, in [honor of] the name of Jesus, everyone's knee in heaven, on earth and under the earth [i.e., all rational creatures] should bow [i.e., before God],

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

This is the Christ we proclaim; we train everyone and teach everyone the full scope of this knowledge, in order to set everyone before God mature in Christ;

incessantly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God even our Father;

To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

for this is right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,

Remind them of these things, charging them before God not to fight about words; this is in no way profitable and leads to the ruin of the hearers.

Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

For Christ did not enter into the sanctuary made with hands, a type of the true, but into heaven itself, and already has appeared before God for us,

For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

You see that a man (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a born-again believer reveals his faith].

In the same way, was Rahab the prostitute not justified by works too, when she received the [Hebrew] spies as guests and protected them, and sent them away [to escape] by a different route?

but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

which figure also now saves you, even baptism, not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the demand as before God of a good conscience, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.

Therefore, be humble [in your actions] before God's powerful authority, so that you may be exalted [by Him] at the proper time.

And this is how we will know that we are following [God's] truth, and will have assurance [of it] in our hearts and before God [as well].

Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God;

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

and took an oath to God, who lives forever and ever, and who created heaven and earth and [all] the things in them, and the ocean and [all] the things in it [saying], "There will be no further delay [i.e., before God's purposes are fulfilled].

And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

And I heard a loud voice saying, "In heaven is now made salvation and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night:

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

for her sins have followed up to heaven, and her unrighteous actions are come up in remembrance before God.

And fall down did the elders -- the twenty and four -- and the four living creatures, and they did bow before God who is sitting upon the throne, saying, 'Amen, Alleluia.'