Topic

Glorifying God

Passages from across the Bible

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Commanded

1 Chronicles 16:28 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Psalm 22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
Isaiah 42:12 Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.

Due to him

1 Chronicles 16:29 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;

For his holiness

Psalm 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
Revelation 15:4 Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Mercy and truth

Psalm 115:1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
Romans 15:9 so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

Faithfulness and truth

Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders — plans formed long ago — in perfect faithfulness.

Wondrous works

Matthew 15:31 The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
Acts 4:21 After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

Judgments

Isaiah 25:3 Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
Ezekiel 28:22 And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
Revelation 14:7 And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

Deliverances

Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Grace to others

Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
2 Corinthians 9:13 Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
Galatians 1:24 And they glorified God because of me.

Accomplished by

Relying on his promises

Romans 4:20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Praising him

Psalm 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

Doing all to glorify him

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

Dying for him

John 21:19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”

Suffering for Christ

1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
1 Peter 4:16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

Glorifying Christ

Acts 19:17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
2 Thessalonians 1:12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bringing forth fruits of righteousness

John 15:8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Patience in affliction

Isaiah 24:15 Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

Faithfulness

1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Required in body and spirit

1 Corinthians 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Shall be universal

Psalm 86:9 All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Revelation 5:13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”

Saints

Should resolve to

Psalm 69:30 I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 118:28 You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.

Unite in

Psalm 34:3 Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
Romans 15:6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Persevere in

Psalm 86:12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.

All the blessings of God are designed to lead to

Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:3 to console the mourners in Zion — to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

The holy example of the saints may lead others to

Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

All, by nature, fail in

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

The wicked averse to

Daniel 5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.…
Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Punishment for not

Daniel 5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.…
Daniel 5:30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
Malachi 2:2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
Acts 12:23 Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Heavenly hosts engaged in

Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

Exemplified

By David

Psalm 57:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

The multitude

Matthew 9:8 When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Matthew 15:31 The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

The virgin Mary

Luke 1:46 Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

The angels

Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

The shepherds

Luke 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.

By Jesus

John 17:4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

The man sick with palsy

Luke 5:25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

The woman with infirmity

Luke 13:13 Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

The leper whom Jesus healed

Luke 17:15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.

The blind man

Luke 18:43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

The centurion

Luke 23:47 When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

The congregation at Jerusalem

Acts 11:8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

The Gentiles (non-Jewish people) at Antioch (of Syria)

Acts 13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

Abraham

Romans 4:20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Paul

Romans 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.