21 occurrences in 13 translations

'Please' in the Bible

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentDivination, Practiced ByJacob, The PatriarchPagansSyncretismOut Of The EastRelations With ForeignersAliens

So now, residents of Jerusalemand men of Judah,please judge between Meand My vineyard.

Verse ConceptsArbitration

"Now, let me tell you, won't you please, what I'm going to do to my vineyard. "I'm going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I'll break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Verse ConceptsWallsFigurative Fields

In reply, the LORD announced, "Please listen, you household of David. Is it such a minor thing for you to try the patience of men? Must you also try the patience of my God?

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod Growing Weary

Please let the Moabite fugitives live among you. Hide them from the destroyer!" Certainly the one who applies pressure will cease, the destroyer will come to an end, those who trample will disappear from the earth.

Verse ConceptsSatan as Destroyer

Well then, where are your wise men?Please let them tell you,And let them understand what the Lord of hostsHas purposed against Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPlansWise MenWhere Are People?

"And this entire vision has become for you like the words of a sealed book. When people give it to someone who can read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I cannot, because it is sealed.'

Verse ConceptsScrollsDullnessSealing The MessageReading The Bible

Or when they give the book to someone who cannot read, and say, "Read this, please,' he answers, "I don't know how to read.'"

Verse ConceptsLiteracyReading Other MatterMemorizing ScriptureEducationReading The Bible

And now please make a wager with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, [that is,] if you are able {put} riders for yourself on them!

Verse ConceptsBackNegotiationTwo ThousandRiding Horses

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew within earshot of the people who are on the wall.”

Verse ConceptsLanguages

He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases You.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfLoyaltyOthers MourningOne's Deedsdevotion

who says about Cyrus, "He's my shepherd, and he'll carry out everything that I please: He'll say of Jerusalem, "Let it be rebuilt,' and of my Temple, "Let its foundations be laid again.'"'"

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdFoundationselection, responsibilities ofRulersShepherds, As Kings And LeadersFoundations Of BuildingsRebuilding JerusalemShepherdsProphecies concerningrebuilding

Therefore, please hear this, you afflicted,Who are drunk, but not with wine:

Verse ConceptsGod Making DrunkDrunkennessclosure

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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

For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,and oppress all your workers.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesMastersOppression, Nature OfHow To FastPointless FastingHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And PrayerAbuse

You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the Lord's holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In OtDesecrationSabbath Observed

Lord, do not be terribly angryor remember our iniquity forever.Please look—all of us are Your people!

Verse ConceptsGod ForgettingLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgivenessmeasurement

Therefore I, too, will choose harsh treatment for them, and will bring upon them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn't listen; but they did what I consider to be evil, and chose what doesn't please me."

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstRejection Of God's CallGod's Call, Few RespondGuilty FearThreateningsAnswering GodNot Pleasing GodOthers Not AnsweringStrong Delusion

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