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PLEASURE

of God:

♦ His pleasure in making David king:

• 1 Chronicles 28:4

♦ He takes no pleasure in wickedness:

• Psalms 5:4

♦ He takes no pleasure in man's legs:

• Psalms 147:10

♦ He takes pleasure in His people:

• Psalms 149:4

♦ He takes no pleasure in hypocritical offerings:

• Isaiah 1:11

♦ His good pleasure is accomplished through various means:

• Isaiah 46:10; 48:14; 53:10; Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:9

♦ He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked:

• Ezekiel 18:23

♦ He takes no pleasure in animal sacrifices:

• Hebrews 10:6, 8 (cf. v. 4)

♦ He takes no pleasure in unbelief:

• Hebrews 10:38-39; 11:6

proper pleasures of man:

♦ pleasure experienced through obedient service to God:

• Job 36:11

♦ pleasures found at God's right hand:

• Psalms 16:11

♦ pleasures provided by God for His believers:

• 1 Timothy 6:17

improper pleasures of man (i.e., worldly pleasures):

♦ lead to poverty:

• Proverbs 21:17

♦ are futile:

• Ecclesiastes 2:1-2, 10-11

♦ preoccupy fools:

• Ecclesiastes 7:4

♦ commended from an earthly viewpoint:

• Ecclesiastes 8:15

♦ hinder the word of God from fruitfulness in a life:

• Luke 8:14

♦ associated with spiritual death:

• 1 Timothy 5:6

♦ displace love for God:

• 2 Timothy 3:4

♦ enslave people:

• Titus 3:3

♦ are temporary and sinful:

• Hebrews 11:25

♦ cause personal conflict:

• James 4:1

♦ can cause wrong motivation in prayer requests:

• James 4:3

♦ may involve misuse of riches:

• James 5:5

♦ characteristic of false teachers:

• 2 Peter 2:13

various other uses:

♦ to deny personal pleasure for sabbath observance:

• Isaiah 58:13

♦ to take pleasure in wickedness:

• 2 Thessalonians 2:12

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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