'Pleasure' in the Bible
He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will --
He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.
But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin's fleeting pleasure.
suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.