Ephesians 5:10
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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Proving.

1 Samuel 17:39
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not used to all this armor. "I cannot walk in these, " David said to Saul. "I am not used to them." So David took them off.

Romans 12:1, 2
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. . . .

Philippians 1:10
so that you can discern what is best, that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:21
but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

acceptable.

Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Isaiah 58:5
Is this the fast I have chosen, a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me."

Romans 14:18
For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Philippians 4:18
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a sweet smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

1 Timothy 2:3
This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

1 Peter 2:5, 20
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. . . .

Ephesians 5:9
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