And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king}

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. {pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes}

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: {pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king}

And Saul said, Blessed {be} ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

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. {gallows: Heb. tree}

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. {have...: or, consent with}

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God {is} with us.

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

If he say thus, {It is} well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, {then} be sure that evil is determined by him.