9 Bible Verses about Countenance

And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their food from the king's table.

Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.

And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear; And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God. But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear. Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them. read more.
And later, all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the orders which the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face. But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say; And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.

But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.