19 occurrences

'Pleased' in the Bible

Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

So the two men sat and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry."

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsSittingPeople Who Delayed

For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordGod Not Forsaking

And all the people remarked it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

Verse ConceptsPopularity

And the word pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodGod Answered Prayer

And it came to pass when Solomon had completed the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

Verse ConceptsMan's Work FinishedThe First Temple

And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.

And the king said to me the queen also sitting by him, For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

Verse ConceptsJourneyQueensBefore People ActWhen?People Sending People

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Verse ConceptsExchanging Of Leaders

And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

Verse ConceptsCosmeticsSeven PeopleWomen's Beauty

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesDimensions Of Other ThingsPeople Hung To DeathNamed Wives

Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.

Verse ConceptsGod Help!Hurrying Others OnSave Us!

Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps;

Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfStrength, DivineAuthority, Belonging To GodThe AlmightyDeterminism

Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

Verse ConceptsExpiationGod, Purpose OfGod, Will OfGuilt OfferingOld Age, Attainment OfProsperityBelievers As Sons Of GodLiving Longcrushes

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in all the kingdom;

Verse ConceptsA Hundred And Some

And they cried unto Jehovah and said, Ah, Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnInnocent BloodNot DyingDeath AvertedLife And Deathjonah

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsCripplesAnimals, religious role ofBurnt offeringGovernorsImperfection, And God's PurposesSick AnimalsPleasing MenSacrificesSacrificeTithes And Offeringdistractionsclosuretrying

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