9 Bible Verses about Countenance

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Nehemiah 2:1-3

It happened 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 to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence. The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid. I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"

Job 15:12

Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

Psalm 44:3

For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Isaiah 3:9

The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They do not hide it. Woe to their soul. For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Daniel 1:10

The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? So would you endanger my head with the king."

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Countenance » Sad

Daniel 1:15

At the end of ten days their faces appeared better and fatter than all the youths who ate of the king's royal food.

Daniel 5:6

Then the king's face was turned pale, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs gave way, and his knees began knocking together.

1 Samuel 1:18

She said, "Let your handmaid find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.

Nehemiah 2:2-3

The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid. I said to the king, "Let the king live forever. Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

More verses: Ezekiel 27:35

Countenance » Cheerful

Job 29:24

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.

Psalm 21:6

For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

Psalm 44:3

For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

More verses: Proverbs 27:17

Countenance » Transfigured

2 Corinthians 3:7

But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

Exodus 34:29-35

It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. read more.
Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all of the commandments that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded. The children of Israel saw Moses' face, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

2 Corinthians 3:13

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

Countenance » God being the health of your countenance

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God. For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God. For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

Countenance » Fierce

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Daniel 8:23

In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a rash and deceitful king shall arise.

Countenance » Pride in

2 Kings 5:1

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

Countenance » Guilty

Genesis 4:5

but he did not respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

Isaiah 3:9

The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They do not hide it. Woe to their soul. For they have brought disaster upon 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 are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God. For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God. For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

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

Psalm 89:15

Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

Countenance » The countenance of the lord

Psalm 11:7

For the LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

Countenance » Reading of

Genesis 31:2

Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

Genesis 31:5

and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

Countenance » Angry

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