15 Bible Verses about Compliments
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Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.
A joyful thing it is to a man, when his counsel is followed; and very pleasant is a word spoken in due season.
Then Achish called David and said unto him, "As sure as the LORD liveth thou art honest, and it pleaseth me well that thou shouldest accompany me in the host, for I have found none evil with thee since thou camest to me unto this day. Nevertheless, the lords of the Philistines favour thee not: wherefore return and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines." And David said again to Achish, "Why, what have I done? And what hast thou found in thy servant as long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"read more.
Achish answered and said to David, "I know well thou pleasest me, as it were an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the lords of the Philistines have said that thou shalt not go with them to battle.
After the rage was ceased, Paul called the disciples unto him, and took his leave of them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. And when he had gone over those parts, and given them large exhortations, he came into Greece:
First: Verily I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout all the world.
I thank my God with all remembrance of you, always in all my prayers for you all, and pray with gladness, because of the fellowship which ye have in the gospel, from the first day unto now;read more.
and am surely certified of this, that he which began a good work in you shall go forth with it until the day of Jesus Christ,
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.
without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:
We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and every one of you swimmeth in love toward another between yourselves, so that we ourselves rejoice of you in the congregations of God, over your patience and faith in all your persecutions, and tribulations that ye suffer:
I thank God, whom I serve from mine elders with pure conscience, that without ceasing I make mention of thee in my prayers night and day, desiring to see thee, mindful of thy tears: so that I am filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice: and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.
I commend you brethren that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances even as I delivered them to you.
He that rebuketh a man, shall find more favour at the last, than he that flattereth him.
I trust in the Lord Jesus for to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know what case ye stand in. For I have no man that is so like minded to me, which with so pure affection careth for your matters. For all others seek their own, and not that which is Jesus Christ's.read more.
Ye know the proof of him, how that as a son with the father, so with me bestowed he his labour upon the gospel. Him I hope to send as soon as I know how it will go with me.
A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.
