32 Bible Verses about Divine Favour
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and Abel also brought [an offering] from {the choicest firstlings of his flock}. And Yahweh looked with favor to Abel and to his offering,
And Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed loyal love to him, and gave him favor in the eyes of the chief of the prison.
and God saw the {Israelites}, and God took notice.
And Moses said to Yahweh, "See, you [are] saying to me, 'Take this people up.' But you have not let me know whom you will send with me, and you yourself have said, 'I know you by name, and you also have found favor in my eyes.'
But the boy Samuel {continued to grow in stature and in favor} with Yahweh and with the people.
But Yahweh had mercy on them and showed compassion to them and turned to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them nor cast them from his presence up to now.
He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.
And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.
For he who finds me [is] he who finds life, and he obtains favor from Yahweh.
The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.
And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Then he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, the son of his mother, and said, "Is this your youngest brother of whom you told me?" And he continued, "God be gracious to you, my son."
Shine your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
Yahweh, be gracious to us, we wait for you. Be our arm in the mornings, indeed our salvation in [the] time of trouble.
"And now, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy. Shine your face upon your desolate sanctuary {for your sake, O Lord}.
Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious [to] you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh [is] a God of justice; blessed [are] all those who wait for him.
And {foreigners} shall build your walls, and their kings shall serve you, for in my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have taken pity on you.
It shall no longer be said of you, "Forsaken," and it shall no longer be said of your land, "Desolation!" but {you will} be called "My Delight [Is] In Her," and your land, "Married," for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
And I will shout in exultation over Jerusalem, and I will rejoice over my people, and [the] sound of weeping shall no longer be heard in it, or [the] sound of a cry for help.
And I will rejoice over them to do good [to] them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness with all my heart, and with all my inner self."
The number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea that cannot be measured or counted; and in the place where it is said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "Children of [the] living God."
Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious [to] the remnant of Joseph.
Yahweh your God [is] in your midst; a mighty warrior who saves. He shall rejoice over you with joy; he renews you in his love; he will exult over you with singing.
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divine Favour » Promised to saints
It shall no longer be said of you, "Forsaken," and it shall no longer be said of your land, "Desolation!" but {you will} be called "My Delight [Is] In Her," and your land, "Married," for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious [to] you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh [is] a God of justice; blessed [are] all those who wait for him.
Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious [to] the remnant of Joseph.
And {foreigners} shall build your walls, and their kings shall serve you, for in my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have taken pity on you.
divine Favour » Invoked
Then he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, the son of his mother, and said, "Is this your youngest brother of whom you told me?" And he continued, "God be gracious to you, my son."
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Benevolence a means of
And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » A characteristic of Christ
And behold, [there was] a voice from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » The aim of the true minister
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » The Christian duty
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Renders life secure
When the ways of a man are pleasing [to] Yahweh, even his enemies he will cause to make peace with him.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Enoch an example of
By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God.