The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

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

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

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

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

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.

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

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

And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

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

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

This is why the ancients were commended.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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 translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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.

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

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

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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

For if thou shalt acknowledge the determination of God to be just, thou shalt both receive thy son in time, and shalt be commended among women.

For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts that come from learning.

For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.

But received him honourably, and commended him unto all his friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his men of war to be as obedient unto him, as to himself.

Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event. I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth: