'Pleased' in the Bible

And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well.

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.

But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.

So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them together: and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be pleased, I pray thee, to tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

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

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

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.

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

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.

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

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

Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;

It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness'sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his'seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

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

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

will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and them that sat at meat with him; and the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch;

And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread.

For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: