Thematic Bible: Favour of
Thematic Bible
God » Favour of » Promised to saints
You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will no longer be called Destroyed. You will be named My Delight. Your land will be named Married (owned as a wife). Jehovah is delighted with you, and your land will be married.
Jehovah is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Hate evil, and love good! Establish justice in the gate. It may be that Jehovah, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
For you are the glory of their strength and by your favor our horn (strength) is exalted (increased).
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. I struck you because of my anger, but in my favor I have compassion on you.
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people. The sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
I will enjoy blessing them. With all my heart and all my being I will faithfully plant them in this land.'
Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the grains of the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. It will be said: You are the sons of the living God in the place where it was said you are not my people!
Jehovah your God is with you! He is a mighty one. He will exult over you with joy. He will refresh you with his love. He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
God » Favour of » Invoked
O God, restore us and cause your face to shine (smile on us) (show us favor) that we will be saved.
Joseph looked around and saw his brother Benjamin. He said: This must be the youngest brother you told me about. God bless you, my son.
Jehovah will smile on you and be kind to you.
Make your face shine on me (smile on me) (show me favor) (be kind and merciful to me). Save me in your loving-kindness.
May God be merciful to us and bless us. May he cause his face to shine on us.
Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.
Jehovah, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplications, and cause your face to shine upon your sanctuary that is desolate, for Jehovah's sake.
The Nation » Kings » Favour of
Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his lord put in charge of his other servants, to give them their food at the proper time?
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
The light of the king's face causes life. His favor is like a gentle rain in spring.
Many seek favor from the ruler; but every man's judgment comes from Jehovah.