What Does the Bible Say About Giving Glory To God?

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 76 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Psalm 115:1 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 55 helpful votes

For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Revelation 4:11 ESV / 54 helpful votes

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 49 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Revelation 14:7 ESV / 33 helpful votes

And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

2 Peter 3:18 ESV / 33 helpful votes

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

John 1:14 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Psalm 72:18-20 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

Mark 16:15 ESV / 17 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Revelation 1:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 11:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. ...

John 4:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Matthew 24:30 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

1 Timothy 2:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Luke 2:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

James 2:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:11-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Acts 8:1-40 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. ...

1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 17:1-26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ...

John 9:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

Matthew 16:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But test everything; hold fast what is good.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

John 1:11-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Matthew 15:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Leviticus 10:1-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp.” So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. ...

Romans 11:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Romans 9:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. ...

Matthew 22:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

Psalm 106:47-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!

1 Corinthians 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— ...

Matthew 15:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Exodus 33:1-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” ...

54 Bible Verses about Giving Glory To God

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 76 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 115:1 ESV / 61 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 55 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 4:11 ESV / 54 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 14:7 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:18 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 72:18-20 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 16:15 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 11:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:30 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 2:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Galatians 1:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 15:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:1-26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 9:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 2:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:11-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 10:1-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 9:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 22:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 106:47-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 33:1-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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