Thematic Bible: The favor of God


Thematic Bible



You have revealed the paths of life to me;
You will fill me with gladness
in Your presence.
Verse ConceptsPaths Of RighteousnessGod's Things RevealedPaths Of LifePaths

When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

So I will hurl you from this land into a land that you and your fathers are not familiar with. There you will worship other gods both day and night, for I will not grant you grace. Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightLand, As A Divine GiftThrowing PeopleUnknown ThingsDifferent Gods

If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.” Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceUniversality Of DeathDepression, SymptomsUnwise PrayersApproval To Kill Oneself

Moses said to the Lord, “Look, You have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingDivine FavourGod Knowing His People

I have sought Your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to Your promise.
Verse ConceptsFace Of GodImportunity, Towards GodPrayer, Offered WithWhole Heartedness

Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people.
Come to me with Your salvation
Verse ConceptsMemoriesDivine RemembranceSalvation, Sought ByFavor

And the angel came to her and said, “Rejoice, favored woman! The Lord is with you.” Verse ConceptsSalutationsGod With Specific PeopleSpoken Greetingsgabriel

Then the angel told her:

Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Verse ConceptsPleasing GodDivine FavourJesus BirthFavorBeing Scaredluckgabriel

He said about Naphtali:

Naphtali, enjoying approval,
full of the Lord’s blessing,
take possession to the west and the south.
Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtPlenty Through GodBlessed By Godlakes


Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.


The good person obtains favor from the Lord,
but He condemns a man who schemes.
Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

For the one who finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,
Verse ConceptsFindingDivine FavourFinding GodFinding PeopleLife By WisdomAccess to GodFinding Love

Foreigners will build up your walls,
and their kings will serve you.
Although I struck you in My wrath,
yet I will show mercy to you with My favor.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfForeignersReinstatementServanthood, In SocietyAnger Of God, Saved FromDivine FavourForeigners Included Among The PeopleGod Showed MercyAliensFavorrebuilding

But if the wicked man is shown favor,
he does not learn righteousness.
In a righteous land he acts unjustly
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGrace, In OtCharacter Of WickedNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsContinuing In Sin

For You are their magnificent strength;
by Your favor our horn is exalted.
Verse ConceptsHornsSelf RespectDivine FavourHorns VictoriousLove And StrengthUnicornsFavorStrength And Love

By this I know that You delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
Verse ConceptsNot DefeatedOvercomingFavor


“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?
Verse ConceptsEternal JudgementRejection

For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.
Verse ConceptsCountenanceLight, SpiritualPeople Of God, In OtRight Hand Of GodArm Of GodGod's HandStrength Of GodGod Is LightNot Aloneland


Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.
Verse ConceptsFace Of GodTrouble, Causes OfGod HidingSeven Mountains

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Lord, You showed favor to Your land;
You restored Jacob’s prosperity.
Verse ConceptsRestoring Nations

He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. Verse ConceptsDivine FavourBuilding God's DwellingFavor

You gave me life and faithful love,
and Your care has guarded my life.
Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtKindnessSuicideWatchfulness, DivineGod Giving LifeGod KeepsWisdom

You gave me life and faithful love,
and Your care has guarded my life.
Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtKindnessSuicideWatchfulness, DivineGod Giving LifeGod KeepsWisdom


He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.
Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipAcceptance, divineJoy, Of IsraelPleasing GodRejoicingDivine FavourAnswered PromisesGod Answers Prayer

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