The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
- Proverbs 29:25
People can be addicted to approval.
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
- Exodus 20:310 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.
- Galatians 1:10
God’s love sets us free from our addiction to approval.
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Galatians 2:202 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
- Romans 12:2