Thematic Bible: Favour of


Thematic Bible



Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

And the sons of the alien shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

And I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and will joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living God.



O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!


Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble.

And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.


Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.