22 occurrences

'Pleasant' in the Bible

He observed that his resting place was excellent, and that the land was pleasant; he bent down, picked up his burdens, and became a slave at forced labor."

Verse ConceptsSubjectionThose At EaseForced LabourGood Qualities

They will teach your ordinances to Jacob, and your Law to Israel. They will offer incense as a pleasant aroma to you and a whole burnt offering upon your altar.

Verse ConceptsDoctrine, CommunicatedBurnt offeringHigh Priest, In OtIncenseTeaching The Way Of God

The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulBoundariesHappinessHeritageInheritanceBeauty Of Naturealignment

The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning, and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfWisdom, Human ImportanceCharacter Of SaintsEnticingDiscernment

for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.

Verse ConceptsReady To Speak

How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine!

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureTanningLightSunA New DaySunshineEnjoying Life

My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely.

Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

For people will be beating their breasts in mourning over the pleasant fields, over the fruitful vines,

Verse Conceptsbreastsfruitfulness

"I said, "How I wanted to treat you like children, and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of the nations.' I said, "You will call me, my father, and won't turn back from following me.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfPeople Of God, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfSpiritual AdoptionIsrael As Sons Of GodFollowing Godfatherhood

Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They'll trample down my portion. They'll turn my pleasant portion into a desolate desert.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Kings And LeadersVineyardInadequate ShepherdingDestroying VineyardsNames And Titles For The ChurchDisorganization

Then I awoke and looked around, and I had had a pleasant sleep.

Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalSleeping Peacefullyawakening

"I will scatter them to all of the nations, which they have not known.'" Now the earth was left desolate after them. As a result, no one came or went because they had turned a pleasant land into a desert.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsGod Scattering IsraelLand Becoming EmptyNot Knowing People

So I became shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, paying attention to the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs naming one "Pleasant" and the other one "Union" - and then I pastured the flock.

Verse ConceptsStaffKilling Domesticated AnimalsNations UnitedTwo Other ThingsBlessingPasturing The Flockreunitinggraciousness

Then I took the staff that I had named "Pleasant" and broke it, showing I was breaking my covenant that I had made with all of the people.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBreaking SticksBlessingBreaking The Covenantgraciousness

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