9 Bible Verses about Countenance

At the end of ten days their appearance was better and their faces were well-nourished compared to the young men who ate the king's rich food.

While the king watched the back of the hand as it was writing, his facial expression changed. Utterly frightened, he lost control of his own bowels and his knees knocked together.

She said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

The king asked me, "Why do you look so troubled, since you're not ill? This cannot be anything else but troubles of the heart." Then I was filled with fear. I replied to the king, "May the king live forever. Why shouldn't I be troubled, since the city where my ancestral sepulchers are located lies waste, with its gates burned by fire?"

Sorrow is better than laughter, because the heart is made better through trouble.

Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?" LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.

I smiled at them when they had no confidence, and no one could discourage me.

Indeed, you have given him eternal blessings; you will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.

A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.

Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),

While he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes turned dazzling white.

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he had the two tablets in his hand, and he did not know that the skin of his face was ablaze with light because he had been speaking with God. Aaron and all the Israelis saw Moses and immediately noticed that the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. When Moses called to them, Aaron and the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and he spoke to them. read more.
Afterwards all the Israelis came near and he gave them everything the LORD told him on Mount Sinai as commandments. When Moses finished speaking with them he put a veil over his face, and then whenever Moses would come in the LORD's presence to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he left the LORD's presence. When he went out, he would tell the Israelis what he had been commanded. The Israelis would see the face of Moses and that the skin of his face shone; then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with God.

not like Moses, who kept covering his face with a veil to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

it will be a nation whose language you don't understand, whose stern appearance neither shows regard nor extends grace to anyone whether old or young.

"Toward the end of their rule, as the desecrations proceed, an insolent king will arise, proficient at deception.

With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."

Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the opinion of his master. He was highly favored, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. Though he was a mighty and valiant man, he was suffering from leprosy.

but he did not look favorably upon Cain and his offering.

"The expressions on their faces give them away. They parade their sin around like Sodom; they don't even try to hide it. How horrible it will be for them, because they have brought disaster on themselves!"

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens a friend's character.

A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.

The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

How happy are the people who can worship joyfully! LORD, they walk in the light of your presence.

Indeed, the LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; the upright will see him face-to-face. To the Director: On an eight stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm.

Jacob also noticed that the way Laban had been looking at him wasn't as nice as it had been just two days earlier.

and informed them, "I've noticed that the way your father has been looking at us hasn't been as nice as it was just two days ago. But my father's God has been with me.

The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.