'Pleasant' in the Bible

“When he saw that a resting place was goodAnd that the land was pleasant,He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens,And became a slave at forced labor.

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,And in their death they were not parted;They were swifter than eagles,They were stronger than lions.

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;You have been very pleasant to me.Your love to me was more wonderfulThan the love of women.

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

Then they despised the pleasant land;They did not believe in His word,

A Song of Ascents, of David.Behold, how good and how pleasant it isFor brothers to dwell together in unity!

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

Praise the Lord!For it is good to sing praises to our God;For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

For wisdom will enter your heartAnd knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Her ways are pleasant waysAnd all her paths are peace.

“Stolen water is sweet;And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,But pleasant words are pure.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb,Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,That they may be ready on your lips.

And by knowledge the rooms are filledWith all precious and pleasant riches.

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

“How handsome you are, my beloved,And so pleasant!Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!

Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right,Speak to us pleasant words,Prophesy illusions.

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

“Then I said,‘How I would set you among My sonsAnd give you a pleasant land,The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father,And not turn away from following Me.’

“Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard,They have trampled down My field;They have made My pleasant fieldA desolate wilderness.

At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of the Lord our God.”

He has bent His bow like an enemy;He has set His right hand like an adversaryAnd slain all that were pleasant to the eye;In the tent of the daughter of ZionHe has poured out His wrath like fire.

Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.

They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountainsAnd burn incense on the hills,Under oak, poplar and terebinth,Because their shade is pleasant.Therefore your daughters play the harlotAnd your brides commit adultery.

Ephraim, as I have seen,Is planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre;But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poorAnd exact a tribute of grain from them,Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,Yet you will not live in them;You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

“The women of My people you evict,Each one from her pleasant house.From her children you take My splendor forever.

“but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate.”