'Pleased' in the Bible
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.
And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.
Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God, and made those well who were in need of it.
And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.
And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.
If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.
Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.
For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;