Strong's G700 ἀρέσκω (aresko)

But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my roof.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell wheresoever it may please thee.

And the words pleased Hamor, and Shechem the son of Hamor.

And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of all his servants.

And Moses heard it, and it pleased him.

And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know that thou wert standing opposite in the way to meet me; and now if it shall not be pleasing to thee for me to go on, I will return.

And Balak said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

This is the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry where they please, only let them marry men of their father’s tribe.

And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.

He shall dwell with thee, he shall dwell among you where he shall please; thou shalt not afflict him.

are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.

And Phinehas the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation of Israel who were with him heard the words which the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh spoke; and it pleased them.

And it pleased the children of Israel; and they spoke to the children of Israel, and blessed the God of the children of Israel, and told them to go up no more to war against the others to destroy the land of the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh: so they dwelt upon it.

But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.

And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the daughters of Jabesh-gilead; and they were content.

And Abner spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went to speak in the ears of David at Hebron, all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the house of Benjamin.

And all the people took notice, and all things that the king did before the people were pleasing in their sight.

And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near my house: and I will give thee another vineyard better than it; or if it please thee, I will give thee money, the price of this thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs.

And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

And the damsel pleased him, and she found favor in his sight; and he hastened to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Then let my wife also please another, And let my children be brought low.

And this shall please God more than a young calf Having horns and hoofs.

And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside their mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment.

And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make it.

It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,

Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.

And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.

And these words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and he appointed to do as they had spoken.

Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants; and they marveled at her wisdom, and said,

So the king and the princes were content: wherefore he sent unto them to make peace; and they accepted thereof.

So that matter pleased the Romans well.

As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority and honor pleased them well.

And it pleased the people to entertain the men honorably, and to put the copy of their embassage in public records, to the end the people of the Lacedaemonians might have a memorial thereof: furthermore we have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest.

We thought it good therefore to write unto the kings and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries, nor yet aid their enemies against them.

But nothing of this kind did the young men say or think when about to be tortured.

For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, Forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

He that tilleth his land shall increase his heap: And he that pleaseth great men shall get pardon for iniquity.