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pleasant

Meaning of “pleasant”

Pleasing, agreeable, desirable, or delightful.

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57 occurrences57 verses21 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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Proverbs 2:10
¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
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¶ When wisedome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant vnto thy soule;

Proverbs 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue.

1611 marginal noteHeb. water thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. erre thou alwayes in her loue.

Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

1611 marginal noteHebr. of secrecies.

Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the wordes of the pure, are pleasant words.

1611 marginal noteHeb. words of pleasantnesse.

1611 marginal noteChap. 6.18.

Proverbs 16:24
pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Pleasant words are as an honycombe, sweete to the soule, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in thy belly.

Proverbs 24:4
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
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And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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