27 occurrences

'Please' in the Bible

This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they please; only they shall marry one of the tribe of their father,

Verse ConceptsLimitednessFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughters

Bless, Jehovah, his substance! And let the work of his hands please thee; Crush the loins of his adversaries, And of them that hate him, that they may never rise again!

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

Verse ConceptsTemptressesTying UpWomen's Strength

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound."

Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfIndividuals Who LiedTying Up

Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father to do thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has been with my father.

Verse ConceptsGod Be With YouGod With Specific People

and now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingMay God Bless!DedicationBlessings From God

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.

Verse ConceptsNot Pleasing People

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jizreelite and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard for it; and he said, I will not give thee my vineyard.

and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed for ever.

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingFamily FirstServant Leadership

And they spoke to him saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKind Words

And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldTravelRebuilding JerusalemThe Will Of MenFavorExamples Of Patriotismrebuilding

And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalGovernorsSafetyAccreditationBeyond The River

If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;

Verse ConceptsHuman LawDeposing

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

Verse ConceptsPlottingKilling Israelites

If I have found grace in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow according to the king's word.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsMan's Action TomorrowFavor

And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

Verse ConceptsSeeking LifeJews Under Threat

and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.

Verse ConceptsKilling Israelites

And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleMan's Action TomorrowPeople Hung To Death

And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

Verse ConceptsDesire For Deathcrushes

Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodProsperity Of The Wicked

And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

Verse ConceptsHornsRight Sacrifices

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Verse ConceptsAdjurationDeer Etc.DeerBeing In Love

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Verse ConceptsAdjurationYoung LoversDeer Etc.

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ... Why should ye stir up, why awake my love, till he please?

Verse ConceptsAdjurationA Time For LoveLovePassionEmotionsBeing In LoveWaiting Till MarriageawakeningThe Love Of Women

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall do that which I please, and it shall accomplish that for which I send it.

Verse ConceptsActionsBeing A WitnessGod, Purpose OfMouthsDestinyOutcastsAccomplishingThe Effect Of The Word Of GodPurposeaccomplishment

for thus saith Jehovah: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,

Bible Theasaurus

Bewitch (1 instance)
Captivate (4 instances)
Delight (265 instances)
Enchant (1 instance)
Enrapture (1 instance)
Entrance (223 instances)
Gladden (11 instances)
Please (495 instances)