9 Bible Verses about Countenance

And at the end of ten days their appearances appeared better and [they were] healthier of body than all the young men who were eating the fine food of the king.

Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and {his hip joints gave way} and {his knees knocked together}.

And she said, "May your female slave find favor in your sight." Then the woman went on her way and ate [something], and {her face did not look sad any longer}.

So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad since you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." And I was very much afraid. I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad when the city of my ancestors' burial site is ruined and her gates are consumed by fire?"

Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.

I smiled for them [when] they had no confidence [in anything], and they did not extinguish the light of my face.

For you set [on] him blessings forever. You make him glad with [the] joy [of] your presence.

For not with their sword did they possess [the] land, and their arm did not give them victory. Rather [it was] your right hand and your arm and the light of your presence, because you delighted in them.

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing [became] white, gleaming like lightning.

{And} when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony [were] in the hand of Moses at his coming down from the mountain; and Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with him. And Aaron and all the {Israelites} saw Moses, and, {to their amazement}, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid of coming near to him. And Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. read more.
And afterward all the {Israelites} came near, and he commanded them all that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. And Moses finished speaking with them, and he put a veil on his face. And when Moses came before Yahweh to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he went out, and he would go out and would speak to the {Israelites} what he had been commanded. And the {Israelites} would see the face of Moses, that the skin of the face of Moses shone, and Moses would put back the veil on his face until his coming to speak with him.

and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

{a grim-faced nation} {who does not show respect} to [the] old and [the] young [and] does not show pity.

And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressions are completed, a king will arise, fierce in countenance and skilled in riddles.

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

Now Naaman was the commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man before his master and {highly regarded}, for by him Yahweh had given victory to Aram. Now the man was a mighty warrior, [but he was] afflicted with a skin disease.

but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

The look on their faces testifies against them and they declare their sin like Sodom; they do not hide [it]. Woe to their soul! For they have dealt out evil to themselves.

[As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

Blessed [are] the people who know [the] joyful shout; O Yahweh, they walk about in the light of your countenance.

For Yahweh [is] righteous; he loves righteous deeds. [The] upright shall see his face.

Then Jacob saw the face of Laban and, behold, {it was not like it had been in the past}.

and he said to them, "Look, I see the face of your father, that {it is not like it has been toward me in the past}. But the God of my father is with me.

The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.