Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do l seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ ( the Messiah ). Galatians 1:10 AMP
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. Isaiah 56:11 KJV
For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [ instead of and ] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.] John 12:43 AMP
Do not be surprised and wonder, brethren, that the world detests and pursues you with hatred. 1 John 3:13 AMP
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15:18-19 KJV