9 Bible Verses about Countenance

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Psalm 4:6

Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Nehemiah 2:1-3

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime'sad in his presence. And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Job 15:12

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

Psalm 44:3

For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Isaiah 3:9

The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

Daniel 1:10

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.

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Countenance » Sad

Daniel 1:15

And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's dainties.

Daniel 5:6

Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

1 Samuel 1:18

And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat; and her countenance was no more'sad .

Nehemiah 2:2-3

And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

More verses: Ezekiel 27:35

Countenance » Cheerful

Psalm 4:6

Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Job 29:24

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Psalm 21:6

For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

Psalm 44:3

For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.

More verses: Proverbs 27:17

Countenance » Transfigured

2 Corinthians 3:7

But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:

Exodus 34:29-35

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them. read more.
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai. And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

2 Corinthians 3:13

and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

Countenance » God being the health of your countenance

Psalm 42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Countenance » Fierce

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Daniel 8:23

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Countenance » Pride in

2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

Countenance » Guilty

Genesis 4:5

but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Isaiah 3:9

The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

Countenance » People sharpening the countenance of their friends

Countenance » What makes a cheerful countenance

Countenance » An angry countenance

Countenance » Health indicated in

Psalm 42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Countenance » Who shall walk in the light of the lord’s countenance

Psalm 89:15

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Countenance » The countenance of the lord

Psalm 11:7

For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

Countenance » Reading of

Genesis 31:2

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

Genesis 31:5

and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.

Countenance » Angry

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