Lexicon :: Strong's G700 - areskō

“Look, I’ve got two daughters who haven’t been intimate with a man. I’ll bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want[fn] to them. However, don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the protection of my roof.”

Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you want.”[fn]

Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants,

When Moses heard this, it was acceptable to him.[fn]

Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the path to confront me. And now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back.”

Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come. I will take you to another place. Maybe it will be agreeable to God that you can put a curse on them for me there.”

“This is what the LORD has commanded concerning Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they like provided they marry within a clan of their ancestral tribe.

“The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.

“Let him live among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.

“Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever you think is right.”

When the priest Phinehas and the community leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

The Israelites were pleased with the report, and they blessed God. They spoke no more about going to war against them to ravage the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

“But if it doesn’t please you to worship the LORD, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship ​— ​the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the LORD.”

But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as you see fit; only rescue us today! ”

Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there.

But his father and mother said to him, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines for a wife? ”

But Samson told his father, “Get her for me. She’s the right one for me.”

Then he went and spoke to the woman, because she seemed right to Samson.

Benjamin returned at that time, and Israel gave them the women they had kept alive from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough for them.

Abner also informed the Benjaminites and went to Hebron to inform David about all that was agreed on by Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.

All the people took note of this, and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

“I will do whatever you think is best,” the king replied to them. So he stood beside the city gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands.

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had requested this.

So Hiram went out from Tyre to look over the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard so I can have it for a vegetable garden, since it is right next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

The proposal pleased the king and the congregation,

The king and his counselors approved the proposal, and he followed Memucan’s advice.

“Then the young woman who pleases the king will become queen instead of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he did accordingly.

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor so that he accelerated the process of the beauty treatments and the special diet that she received. He assigned seven hand-picked female servants to her from the palace and transferred her and her servants to the harem’s best quarters.

“Still, none of this satisfies me since I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King’s Gate all the time.”

let my own wife grind grain for another man,

and let other men sleep with[fn] her.

That will please the LORD more than an ox,

more than a bull with horns and hooves.

No disaster overcomes the righteous,

but the wicked are full of misery.

or the LORD will see, be displeased,

and turn his wrath away from him.

Truth is missing,

and whoever turns from evil is plundered.

The LORD saw that there was no justice,

and he was offended.

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.

“Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Darius decided[fn] to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, stationed throughout the realm,

And the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD as in days of old and years gone by.