- Proverbs 21:3-4
To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
A haughty look, a proud heart,
And the plowing of the wicked are sin.
- Philippians 2:5-8
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Related Scriptures
- Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You 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.
- Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them: "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "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 should you die, O house of Israel?"
- John 15:5
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
- Romans 4:3
For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
- Ephesians 1:5
having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
- Ephesians 1:9
having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
- Ephesians 6:5
Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
- Colossians 3:1-2
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
- Hebrews 11:2
For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
- Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
- Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, 'I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
- Exodus 33:17
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
- Numbers 23:27
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
- Deuteronomy 24:13
You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:63
And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.
- Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said:
“O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the LORD,
Possess the west and the south.”
- 2 Samuel 7:29
Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”
- 2 Samuel 11:27
And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 15:25
Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place.
- 1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
- 1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 18:37
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
- 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as his father David had done.
- 2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a loyal heart.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his father David had done.
- Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." For I was the king's cupbearer.
- Job 6:9
That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
- Psalm 5:4
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil dwell with You.
- Psalm 16:3
As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”
- Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
- Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,
And He delights in his way.
- Psalm 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”
- Psalm 104:31
May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
May the LORD rejoice in His works.
- Psalm 115:3
But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
- Psalm 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Psalm 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.
- Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD,
And dishonest scales are not good.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death
The woman whose heart is snares and nets,
Whose hands are fetters.
He who pleases God shall escape from her,
But the sinner shall be trapped by her.
- Isaiah 1:11
"To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?"
Says the LORD
" I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
Or of lambs or goats.
“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Is it a fast that I have chosen,
A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the LORD?
You shall no longer be termed Forsaken,
Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate;
But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah;
For the LORD delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
Soshall your God rejoice over you.
Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
Therefore My heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.
Whether it is pleasing or displeasing, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we send you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.”
A general lamentation
On all the housetops of Moab,
And in its streets;
For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the LORD.
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD,
Nor shall their sacrifices be pleasing to Him.
It shall be like bread of mourners to them;
All who eat it shall be defiled.
For their bread shall be for their own life;
It shall not come into the house of the LORD.
And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice,
Is it not evil?
And when you offer the lame and sick,
Is it not evil?
Offer it then to your governor!
Would he be pleased with you?
Would he accept you favorably?'
Says the LORD of hosts.
' But now entreat God's favor,
That He may be gracious to us.
Whilethis is being done by your hands,
Will He accept you favorably?'
Says the LORD of hosts.
' Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,'
Says the LORD of hosts,
' Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found Davidthe son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’
For he who serves Christ in these thingsis acceptable to God and approved by men.
We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, 'The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.'
But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,
But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,
Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'And he was called the friend of God.
who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,
As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma.