Gen 33:10 Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me.
Lev 1:4 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Lev 7:18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
Lev 19:7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted,
Lev 22:23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted.
Lev 22:25 neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.”
Lev 22:27 “When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord.
Lev 26:34 “Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Lev 26:41 so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
Lev 26:43 But the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes.
Deu 33:11 Bless, O Lord, his substance,
and accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
and accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
Deu 33:24 And of Asher he said,“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
let him be the favorite of his brothers,
and let him dip his foot in oil.
let him be the favorite of his brothers,
and let him dip his foot in oil.
1Sa 29:4 But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
2Sa 24:23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept you.”
1Ch 28:4 Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s house, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
1Ch 29:3 Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
1Ch 29:17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
2Ch 10:7 And they said to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
2Ch 36:21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
Est 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
Job 14:6 look away from him and leave him alone,
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
Job 20:10 His children will seek the favor of the poor,
and his hands will give back his wealth.
and his hands will give back his wealth.
Job 33:26 then man prays to God, and he accepts him;
he sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he restores to man his righteousness.
he sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he restores to man his righteousness.
Job 34:9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
that he should take delight in God.’
that he should take delight in God.’
Psa 40:13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!
Psa 44:3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.
Psa 49:13 This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
Psa 50:18 If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
and you keep company with adulterers.
and you keep company with adulterers.
Psa 51:16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
Psa 62:4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.
They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah
They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah
Psa 77:7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,
and never again be favorable?
and never again be favorable?
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Psa 85:1 Lord, you were favorable to your land;you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
Psa 102:14 For your servants hold her stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
and have pity on her dust.
Psa 119:108 Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
and teach me your rules.
and teach me your rules.
Psa 147:10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
Psa 147:11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Psa 149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
he adorns the humble with salvation.
Pro 3:12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.
as a father the son in whom he delights.
Pro 16:7 When a man’s ways please the Lord,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Ecc 9:7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
Isa 40:2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
Isa 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
Jer 14:10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
they have not restrained their feet;
therefore the Lord does not accept them;
now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.”
“They have loved to wander thus;
they have not restrained their feet;
therefore the Lord does not accept them;
now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.”
Jer 14:12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
Eze 20:40 “For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.
Eze 20:41 As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
Eze 43:27 And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord God.”
Hos 8:13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
Amo 5:22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
Mic 6:7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
Hag 1:8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.
Mal 1:8 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.
Mal 1:10 Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.
Mal 1:13 But you say, ‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord.
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