Verses with the word pleasure in the Apocrypha (16 verses):
1 Esdras 2:21
But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13
For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:2
And in my mother's womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months, being compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:18
And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
Sirach 9:10
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Sirach 9:12
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
Sirach 11:27
The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.
Sirach 14:5
He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
Sirach 18:32
Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expence thereof.
Sirach 19:5
Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned: but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his life.
Sirach 25:21
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.
Sirach 33:13
As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.
Sirach 37:28
For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.
Sirach 41:4
And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.
1 Maccabees 4:42
So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure in the law:
2 Maccabees 12:11
Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas' side by the help of God got the victory; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
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