'Please' in the Bible

“Please pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.

I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved. >

For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please men, but rather God, who examines our hearts.

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God—as you are doing—do so even more.

No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.