Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
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Bible References
Thou shalt
Exodus 33:20
But he added, "You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live."
Job 11:7
"Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
Job 26:14
Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
1 Timothy 6:16
He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
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Job 26:9
He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.