395 verses

Gen 3:6

(NIV)
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
(ESV)
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

Gen 33:10

(NIV)
‘No, please!’ said Jacob. ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favourably.
(ESV)
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.

Gen 49:26

(NIV)
Your father’s blessings are greater
than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
than the bounty of the age-old hills.
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
(ESV)
The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.
May they be on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

Exod 23:3

(NIV)
and do not show favouritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

(ESV)
nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

Lev 1:4

(NIV)
You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.
(ESV)
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

(NIV)
If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.

(ESV)
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

(NIV)
If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.
(ESV)
If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted,

Lev 19:15

(NIV)
‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.

(ESV)
“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Lev 19:32

(NIV)
‘“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.

(ESV)
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Lev 22:23

(NIV)
You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfilment of a vow.
(ESV)
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

(NIV)
and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.”’

(ESV)
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

(NIV)
‘When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the Lord.
(ESV)
“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

(NIV)
Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
(ESV)
“Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemiesland; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.

Lev 26:41

(NIV)
which made me hostile towards them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies – then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin,
(ESV)
so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemiesif then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,

Lev 26:43

(NIV)
For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees.
(ESV)
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.

Num 11:4

(NIV)
The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, ‘If only we had meat to eat!
(ESV)
Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!

Deut 33:11

(NIV)
Bless all his skills, Lord,
and be pleased with the work of his hands.
Strike down those who rise against him,
his foes till they rise no more.’
(ESV)
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.”

Deut 33:24

(NIV)
About Asher he said:

‘Most blessed of sons is Asher;
let him be favoured by his brothers,
and let him bathe his feet in oil.
(ESV)
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.

1Sam 29:4

(NIV)
But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, ‘Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favour than by taking the heads of our own men?
(ESV)
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?

2Sam 24:23

(NIV)
Your Majesty, Araunah gives all this to the king.’ Araunah also said to him, ‘May the Lord your God accept you.’

(ESV)
All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept you.”

1Chr 28:4

(NIV)
‘Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel for ever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
(ESV)
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.

1Chr 29:3

(NIV)
Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple:
(ESV)
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:

1Chr 29:17

(NIV)
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.
(ESV)
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.

2Chr 10:7

(NIV)
They replied, ‘If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favourable answer, they will always be your servants.’

(ESV)
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.”

2Chr 36:21

(NIV)
The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfilment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

(ESV)
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.

Esth 10:3

(NIV)
Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, pre-eminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

(ESV)
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

(NIV)
So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired labourer.
(ESV)
look away from him and leave him alone
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.

Job 20:10

(NIV)
His children must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.
(ESV)
His children will seek the favor of the poor,
and his hands will give back his wealth.

Job 33:20

(NIV)
so that their body finds food repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.
(ESV)
so that his life loathes bread,
and his appetite the choicest food.

Job 33:26

(NIV)
then that person can pray to God and find favour with him,
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;
he will restore them to full well-being.
(ESV)
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.

Job 34:9

(NIV)
For he says, “There is no profit
in trying to please God.”
(ESV)
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
that he should take delight in God.’

Ps 10:3

(NIV)
He boasts about the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
(ESV)
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

Ps 10:17

(NIV)
You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
(ESV)
O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Ps 21:2

(NIV)
You have granted him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
(ESV)
You have given him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips.  Selah

Ps 38:9

(NIV)
All my longings lie open before you, Lord:
my sighing is not hidden from you.
(ESV)
O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.

Ps 40:13

(NIV)
Be pleased to save me, Lord;
come quickly, Lord, to help me.
(ESV)
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!

Ps 44:3

(NIV)
It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them.
(ESV)
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.

Ps 49:13

(NIV)
This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and of their followers, who approve their sayings.
(ESV)
This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.  Selah

Ps 50:18

(NIV)
When you see a thief, you join with him;
you throw in your lot with adulterers.
(ESV)
If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
and you keep company with adulterers.

Ps 51:16

(NIV)
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
(ESV)
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

Ps 62:4

(NIV)
Surely they intend to topple me
from my lofty place;
they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
but in their hearts they curse.
(ESV)
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

Ps 77:7

(NIV)
‘Will the Lord reject for ever?
Will he never show his favour again?
(ESV)
“Will the Lord spurn forever,
and never again be favorable?

Ps 78:29

(NIV)
They ate till they were gorged –
he had given them what they craved.
(ESV)
And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.

Ps 78:30

(NIV)
But before they turned from what they craved,
even while the food was still in their mouths,
(ESV)
But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,

(NIV)

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

(ESV)

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

Ps 85:1

(NIV)
You, Lord, showed favour to your land;
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
(ESV)
Lord, you were favorable to your land;
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.

Ps 102:14

(NIV)
For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
(ESV)
For your servants hold her stones dear
and have pity on her dust.

Ps 106:14

(NIV)
In the desert they gave in to their craving;
in the wilderness they put God to the test.
(ESV)
But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,
and put God to the test in the desert;

Ps 112:10

(NIV)
The wicked will see and be vexed,
they will gnash their teeth and waste away;
the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.
(ESV)
The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he gnashes his teeth and melts away;
the desire of the wicked will perish!

Ps 119:108

(NIV)
Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,
and teach me your laws.
(ESV)
Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
and teach me your rules.

Ps 147:10

(NIV)
His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
(ESV)
His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

Ps 147:11

(NIV)
the Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
(ESV)
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Ps 149:4

(NIV)
For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory.
(ESV)
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.

Prov 3:12

(NIV)
because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.
(ESV)
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.

Prov 10:24

(NIV)
What the wicked dread will overtake them;
what the righteous desire will be granted.
(ESV)
What the wicked dreads will come upon him,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Prov 11:23

(NIV)
The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
(ESV)
The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Prov 13:12

(NIV)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
(ESV)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Prov 13:19

(NIV)
A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but fools detest turning from evil.
(ESV)
A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

Prov 16:7

(NIV)
When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
he causes their enemies to make peace with them.
(ESV)
When a man’s ways please the Lord,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Prov 18:1

(NIV)
An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
(ESV)
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire;
he breaks out against all sound judgment.

Prov 19:22

(NIV)
What a person desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar.
(ESV)
What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
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