Pleasure
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Pleasure (331 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. 6. (vi) To take pleasure;
to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring. Int. ...PLEASURE. ...
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Pleasure-making (1 Occurrence)
Pleasure-making. << Pleasure-loving, Pleasure-making. Pleasures >>.
Multi-Version Concordance Pleasure-making (1 Occurrence). ...
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Pleasure-loving (1 Occurrence)
Pleasure-loving. << Pleasure, Pleasure-loving. Pleasure-making >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Pleasure-loving (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy ...
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Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... ep-i-ku-re'-anz (Epikoureioi): Contents 1. Social and Political Causes 2. Egoistic
Hedonism 3. Back to Nature 4. Ataraxy 5. Pleasure Is the Absence of Pain 6 ...
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Enjoyment (11 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the
possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of ...
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Please (324 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations
or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. ...
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Good (8348 Occurrences)
... (g) Pleasure-giving, happy: "glad of heart" (1 Kings 8:66 Esther 5:9); sometimes
in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American ...
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Liking (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person;
hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for ...
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Wanton (20 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Wanton (20 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 5:6 But she who
gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives. (See NAS). ...
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Delicacy (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous
treatment. ... 8. (a.) Pleasure; gratification; delight. Int. ...
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Meaningless (32 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test;
so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose. (See NIV). ...
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Enjoy (68 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to
feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties ...
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Delighted (56 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 2 Thessalonians 2:12 that they all might be judged who didn't believe
the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (See NIV). ...
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Give (13501 Occurrences)
... soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in
the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth ...
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Pleases (51 Occurrences)
... John 3:8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to
your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so ...
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Delight (213 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of
pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. ...
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Rebuild (36 Occurrences)
... there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to
build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us ...
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Offerings (480 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 10:6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Accomplish (44 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 5:9); (4) "to set apart" ie "consecrate" (Leviticus 22:21); (5) "to establish"
(Jeremiah 44:25 the King James Version); (6) "to have pleasure in" (Job ...
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Approval (75 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 2:5 And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant
has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my ...
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Pleased (172 Occurrences)
... & pp) of Please. 2. (a.) Experiencing pleasure. ... Luke 12:32 Have no fear, little flock,
for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (See NIV). ...
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Takes (380 Occurrences)
... me." (See RSV). Matthew 12:18 "This is My servant whom I have chosen, My
dearly loved One in whom My soul takes pleasure. I will put ...
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God's (602 Occurrences)
... I know who you are--God's Holy One." (WEY). Mark 3:35 Whoever does God's pleasure,
the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. (BBE NIV). ...
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Voluptuous (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of delight or pleasure; exciting
sensual desires; luxurious; sensual; as, voluptuous beauty. ...
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Understanding's (1 Occurrence)
... Understanding's (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 10:23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness,
but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure. (WEB). ...
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Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). 2 Thessalonians 2:12 that they all might be judged who
didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. ...
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Uprooted (29 Occurrences)
... (WEB YLT NAS NIV). Jude 1:12 These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the
pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for ...
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Owned (18 Occurrences)
... Judges 19:22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing
men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they ...
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Likeness (52 Occurrences)
... (4) The verb "like" has two distinct meanings, "be pleased with" and "give pleasure
to." The latter sense occurs in Deuteronomy 23:16 (The King James Version ...
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Liken (12 Occurrences)
... (4) The verb "like" has two distinct meanings, "be pleased with" and "give pleasure
to." The latter sense occurs in Deuteronomy 23:16 (The King James Version ...
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Listening (47 Occurrences)
... he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and
yet he found a pleasure in listening. (WEY NAS). Mark 11 ...
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Lust (42 Occurrences)
... lusts" are objects of desire. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Pleasure. 2.
(n.) Inclination; desire. 3. (n.) Longing desire; eagerness ...
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Lure (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage
or pleasure; a decoy. 3. (n.) A velvet smoothing brush. ...
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Good-for-nothing (22 Occurrences)
... Judges 19:22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing
men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they ...
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Gladly (25 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. ... Luke 12:32 Don't be afraid,
little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. ...
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Wonted (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah ...
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Waxed (57 Occurrences)
... (ASV). Genesis 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am
waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? (KJV JPS ASV). ...
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Fruition (1 Occurrence)
... realization; bearing fruit; as, hard work comes to fruition; use or possession of
anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction ...
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Fool's (10 Occurrences)
... Fool's (10 Occurrences). Proverbs 10:23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness,
but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure. (WEB). ...
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Favors (7 Occurrences)
... Psalms 147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope
is in his mercy. (See NAS). ... God has taken pleasure in your works. (See NIV). ...
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Tookest (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Tookest (4 Occurrences). Hebrews 10:6 Thou tookest
no pleasure in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin. (DBY). ...
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Taking (445 Occurrences)
... BBE). Matthew 24:49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure
with those who are overcome with wine; (BBE). Matthew ...
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Relish (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To savor; to taste with pleasure; to partake of with gratification; hence,
to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as ...
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Dainty (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure
taken in anything. 2. (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. ...
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Delicious (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most
sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming. ...
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Delights (39 Occurrences)
... delights. (WEB RSV). Psalms 5:4 For you are not a God who has pleasure
in wickedness. Evil can't live with you. (See RSV). Psalms ...
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Paradise (6 Occurrences)
... A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's
garden." (see EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the ...
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Burnt-offerings (86 Occurrences)
... DBY WBS YLT). Hebrews 10:6 In whole burnt-offerings and in sin-offerings
Thou hast taken no pleasure. (WEY DBY WBS YLT). Hebrews 10 ...
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Burnt (392 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Hebrews 10:6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Calamus (5 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Acceptable (48 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received
with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as ...
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Smile (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy,
or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently. ...
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Savor (51 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. ... 10. (vt) To taste or smell with
pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. Int. ...
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Sin-offerings (8 Occurrences)
... for himself. (WEY BBE). Hebrews 10:6 In whole burnt-offerings and in
sin-offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure. (WEY YLT). Hebrews ...
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Storage (7 Occurrences)
... cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his
horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem ...
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Finds (71 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). Luke 12:32 "Dismiss your fears, little flock: your
Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom. (WEY). ...
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Like (10728 Occurrences)
... (4) The verb "like" has two distinct meanings, "be pleased with" and "give pleasure
to." The latter sense occurs in Deuteronomy 23:16 (The King James Version ...
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Desired (144 Occurrences)
... saying the words I have just quoted, "Sacrifices and offerings or whole burnt-offerings
and sin-offerings Thou hast not desired or taken pleasure in" --all ...
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Toil (66 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Foolishness (30 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 1:21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom
didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of ...
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Lover (55 Occurrences)
... lover of good," and philoxenos, "lover of hospitality" (Titus 1:8); philautos,
"lover of self" (2 Timothy 3:2); philedonos, "lover of pleasure" (2 Timothy 3:4 ...
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Sacrifices (186 Occurrences)
... me, (See RSV). Hebrews 10:6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices for sin. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS). Hebrews 10 ...
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Appetite (22 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest
satisfy thy appetite with grapes at thy own pleasure; but thou shalt not put ...
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Faithfully (27 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Lovers (57 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 3:4 traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather
than lovers of God; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Marked (163 Occurrences)
... Galatians 1:15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked
out even from my mother's body, through his grace, (BBE). ...
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Wished (31 Occurrences)
... the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the
officials of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. ...
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Fullness (31 Occurrences)
... All that is His own by right is His by His Father's good pleasure also. It was the
Father's good pleasure that in Christ should all the fullness dwell. ...
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Using (88 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 14:5 Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues,
it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you ...
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Requests (29 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Wouldst (31 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 10:8 Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and
offering for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure in them; which are ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure and oppress all your laborers'
(compare Isaiah 58:3; Expositor's Bible, at the place). ...
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Yours (226 Occurrences)
... forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father,
if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours ...
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Adversity (54 Occurrences)
... them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy
it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine ...
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Desires (151 Occurrences)
... a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position
is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we ...
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Seek (368 Occurrences)
... John 6:38 For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my
own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me. (WEY). ...
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Truly (468 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:5 And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who
take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and ...
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Content (30 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. ...
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Sad (73 Occurrences)
... for in one hour she is made waste. (BBE). Genesis 4:5 But in Cain and his offering
he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad. (BBE). ...
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