Commended

When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

…but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

This is why the ancients were commended.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.