Psalms 70:2 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity; (DBY)
Psalms 78:68 But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure. (BBE)
Psalms 89:17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up. (BBE)
Psalms 90:17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands. (BBE)
Psalms 102:14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS)
Psalms 103:21 Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)
Psalms 105:22 to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)
Psalms 109:17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him. (BBE NIV)
Psalms 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. (KJV ASV WBS RSV)
Psalms 119:58 I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said. (BBE)
Psalms 143:10 Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness. (BBE YLT)
Psalms 147:10 He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Psalms 147:11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)
Psalms 149:4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Proverbs 1:22 How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge? (DBY)
Proverbs 2:14 Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; (BBE)
Proverbs 7:18 Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights. (BBE)
Proverbs 10:23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure. (WEB RSV NIV)
Proverbs 14:35 The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame. (BBE)
Proverbs 16:13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him. (See NIV)
Proverbs 18:1 He that separateth himself seeketh his pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom. (DBY)
Proverbs 18:2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light. (BBE RSV NIV)
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure. (BBE)
Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Proverbs 29:16 When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:2 Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it? (See NAS RSV NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward. (BBE NAS RSV NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy pleasure for his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. (JPS)
Ecclesiastes 2:25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him? (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live. (JPS)
Ecclesiastes 3:13 But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God. (JPS RSV)
Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: 'for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?' This also is vanity, yea, it is a grievous business. (JPS BBE NAS RSV)
Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)
Ecclesiastes 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good, yea, it is comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy pleasure for all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion. (JPS)
Ecclesiastes 5:19 Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 7:4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy. (See NAS NIV)
Ecclesiastes 8:15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun. (See NAS)
Ecclesiastes 9:7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)
Song of Songs 1:16 See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green. (BBE)
Isaiah 1:11 What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats. (BBE DBY NAS NIV)
Isaiah 1:17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow. (BBE)
Isaiah 1:29 For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure. (BBE)
Isaiah 9:17 For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. (BBE NAS NIV)
Isaiah 13:17 See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold. (BBE NAS)
Isaiah 13:22 And wolves will be answering one another in their towers, and jackals in their houses of pleasure: her time is near, and her days of power will quickly be ended. (BBE)
Isaiah 16:4 Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land. (BBE)
Isaiah 21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (KJV DBY WBS)
Isaiah 29:9 Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. (ASV)
Isaiah 30:10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure: (BBE)
Isaiah 42:21 It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour. (BBE)
Isaiah 43:24 You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings. (BBE)
Isaiah 44:28 Who says of Cyrus,'He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,' even saying of Jerusalem,'She will be built;' and of the temple,'Your foundation will be laid.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)
Isaiah 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS)
Isaiah 47:8 "Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)
Isaiah 48:14 "Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
Isaiah 49:8 Thus said Jehovah: 'In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances. (YLT)
Isaiah 53:2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure; (BBE)
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
Isaiah 55:2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure. (BBE)
Isaiah 56:7 I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples. (BBE)
Isaiah 56:11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same. (BBE)
Isaiah 56:12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure. (BBE)
Isaiah 58:2 Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God. (BBE)
Isaiah 58:3 'Why have we fasted,' say they,'and you don't see? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors. (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)
Isaiah 58:5 Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord? (BBE)
Isaiah 58:13 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
Isaiah 60:10 And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee. (YLT)
Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the year of the LORD'S good pleasure, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (JPS BBE YLT)
Isaiah 61:8 For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them. (BBE)
Isaiah 62:4 You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married. (BBE)
Isaiah 64:4 Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past. (BBE)
Isaiah 66:3 He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things; (BBE)
Isaiah 66:4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure. (BBE)
Jeremiah 2:24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. (KJV WBS)
Jeremiah 5:7 How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women. (BBE)
Jeremiah 6:10 To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it. (See RSV NIV)
Jeremiah 6:20 To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me. (BBE)
Jeremiah 14:10 This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins. (BBE)
Jeremiah 14:12 When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease. (BBE)
Jeremiah 22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? (KJV JPS BBE WBS YLT)
Jeremiah 27:5 I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure. (BBE)
Jeremiah 32:41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith. (BBE)
Jeremiah 34:16 but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Jeremiah 48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. (KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS YLT)
Lamentations 3:33 For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men. (BBE)
Lamentations 3:36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure. (BBE)
Ezekiel 13:17 And you, son of man, let your face be turned against the daughters of your people, who are acting the part of prophets at their pleasure; be a prophet against them, and say, (BBE)
Ezekiel 16:37 therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ezekiel 18:23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ezekiel 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Ezekiel 20:40 For in my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord, there all the children of Israel, all of them, will be my servants in the land; there I will take pleasure in them, and there I will be worshipped with your offerings and the first-fruits of the things you give, and with all your holy things. (BBE)
Ezekiel 20:41 I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you together from the countries where you have been sent in flight; and I will make myself holy in you before the eyes of the nations. (BBE)
Ezekiel 24:21 Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword. (BBE)
Ezekiel 33:11 Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Ezekiel 43:27 And when these days have come to an end, then on the eighth day and after, the priests will make your burned offerings on the altar and your peace-offerings; and I will take pleasure in you, says the Lord. (BBE)
Daniel 4:17 This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of men. (BBE)