9 Bible Verses about Countenance

At the end of 10 days they looked better and healthier than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

“May your servant find favor with you,” she replied. Then Hannah went on her way; she ate and no longer looked despondent.

so the king said to me, "Why are you sad, when you aren't sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." I was overwhelmed with fear and replied to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

Grief is better than laughter,
for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.

If I smiled at them, they couldn’t believe it;
they were thrilled at the light of my countenance.

You give him blessings forever;
You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to look directly at Moses’ face because of the glory from his face—a fading glory—

As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became dazzling white.

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai-with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain-he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near him. But Moses called out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. read more.
Afterwards all the Israelites came near, and he commanded them everything the Lord had told him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever Moses went before the Lord to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. After he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded, and the Israelites would see that Moses' face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil over his face again until he went to speak with the Lord.

We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites could not stare at the end of what was fading away,

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

Near the end of their kingdoms,
when the rebels have reached
the full measure of their sin,
an insolent king, skilled in intrigue,
will come to the throne.

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

Naaman, commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded because through him, the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was a brave warrior, but he had a skin disease.

but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin.
They do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.

Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.

And Jacob saw from Laban’s face that his attitude toward him was not the same.

He said to them, “I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.

The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.