Bible Verses (Please the Lord)
pleased the LORD to bless Israel
"And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness."
(Num 24:1 KJV)
speech pleased the Lord
"And the speech
pleased (
'ayin) the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee."
(1 Ki 3:10-12 KJV)
pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness
"Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be
pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar."
(Psa 51:18-19 KJV)
pleased the LORD to bruise him
"Yet it
pleased the LORD 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 the LORD shall prosper in his hand."
(Isa 53:10 KJV)
in whom I am well pleased
"And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well
pleased. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered."
(Mat 3:16-4:2 KJV)
"And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased. And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him."
(Mark 1:10-13 KJV)
""Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."
(Luke 3:21-22 KJV)
in whom my soul is well pleased
"That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 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 show judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust."
(Mat 12:17-21 KJV)
in whom I am well pleased
"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased; hear ye him."
(Mat 17:5 KJV)
"For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount."
(2 Pet 1:17-18 KJV)
pleased not himself
"We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ
pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me."
(Rom 15:1-3 KJV)
pleased God by the foolishness of preaching
"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it
pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."
(1 Cor 1:19-21 KJV)
God was not well pleased
"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not
well
pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness."
(1 Cor 10:1-5 KJV)
as it hath pleased him
"But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath
pleased him." (1 Cor 12:18 KJV)
it pleased the Father
"And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it
pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."
(Col 1:18-20 KJV)
Enoch... pleased God
"By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he
pleased God."
(Heb 11:5 KJV)
without faith it is impossible to please him
"But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
(Heb 11:5-6 KJV)
such sacrifices God is well pleased
"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well
pleased."
(Heb 13:15-16 KJV)
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