To speak highly of someone or something and show respect and honor.
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In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.”
All Scripture References (53)
Matthew (4)
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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.
Mark (1)
And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Luke (9)
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
John (16)
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
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.”
Acts (5)
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
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.
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.”
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
Romans (5)
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.
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.”
1 Corinthians (2)
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
2 Corinthians (2)
Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
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)
And they glorified God because of me.
2 Thessalonians (1)
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
Hebrews (1)
So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
1 Peter (4)
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
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.
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.
But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
Revelation (2)
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.”
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’