חֵ֫פֶץ

che.phets

Hebrew H2656 Noun, masculine 39 occurrences in 38 verses
חֵ֫פֶץ pleasure

1. delight, pleasure

a. delight

b. desire, longing

c. the good pleasure

d. that in which one takes delight

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Concordance 38 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 15:22 הַחֵ֤פֶץ

    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

  2. 1 Samuel 18:25 חֵ֤פֶץ

    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

  3. 2 Samuel 23:5 חֵ֖פֶץ

    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

  4. 1 Kings 5:8 חֶפְצְךָ֔

    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

  5. 1 Kings 5:9 חֶפְצִ֔י

    My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”

  6. 1 Kings 5:10 חֶפְצֽוֹ׃

    So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,

  7. 1 Kings 9:11 חֶפְצ֑וֹ

    King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.

  8. 1 Kings 10:13 חֶפְצָהּ֙

    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

  9. 2 Chronicles 9:12 חֶפְצָהּ֙

    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

  10. Job 21:21 חֶפְצ֣וֹ

    For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

  11. Job 22:3 הַחֵ֣פֶץ

    Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

  12. Job 31:16 מֵחֵ֣פֶץ

    If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

  13. Psalms 1:2 חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ

    But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

  14. Psalms 16:3 חֶפְצִי־

    As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

  15. Psalms 107:30 חֶפְצָֽם׃

    They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

  16. Psalms 111:2 חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃

    Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

  17. Proverbs 3:15 חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ

    She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

  18. Proverbs 8:11 חֲ֝פָצִ֗ים

    For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

  19. Proverbs 31:13 בְּחֵ֣פֶץ

    She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

  20. Ecclesiastes 3:1 חֵ֖פֶץ

    To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

  21. Ecclesiastes 3:17 חֵ֔פֶץ

    I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

  22. Ecclesiastes 5:4 חֵ֖פֶץ

    When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

  23. Ecclesiastes 5:8 הַחֵ֑פֶץ

    If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

  24. Ecclesiastes 8:6 חֵ֔פֶץ

    For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

  25. Ecclesiastes 12:1 חֵֽפֶץ׃

    Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”

  26. Ecclesiastes 12:10 חֵ֑פֶץ

    The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

  27. Isaiah 44:28 חֶפְצִ֖י

    who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

  28. Isaiah 46:10 חֶפְצִ֖י

    I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

  29. Isaiah 48:14 חֶפְצוֹ֙

    Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

  30. Isaiah 53:10 וְחֵ֥פֶץ

    Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

  31. Isaiah 54:12 חֵֽפֶץ׃

    I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

  32. Isaiah 58:3 חֵ֔פֶץ

    “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

  33. Isaiah 58:13 חֲפָצֶ֖יךָחֶפְצְךָ֖

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

  34. Jeremiah 22:28 חֵ֖פֶץ

    Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

  35. Jeremiah 48:38 חֵ֥פֶץ

    On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.

  36. Hosea 8:8 חֵ֥פֶץ

    Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

  37. Malachi 1:10 חֵ֜פֶץ

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

  38. Malachi 3:12 חֵ֔פֶץ

    “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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