9 Bible Verses about Countenance

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Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!

Nehemiah 2:1-3

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid. I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

Job 15:12

“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,

Psalm 44:3

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.

Daniel 1:10

and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king.”

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Countenance » Sad

Daniel 1:15

At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food.

Daniel 5:6

Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.

1 Samuel 1:18

She said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

Nehemiah 2:2-3

So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid. I said to the king, "Let the king live forever Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"

More verses: Ezekiel 27:35

Countenance » Cheerful

Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!

Job 29:24

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

Psalm 21:6

For You make him most blessed forever;
You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.

Psalm 44:3

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.

More verses: Proverbs 27:17

Countenance » Transfigured

2 Corinthians 3:7

But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was,

Exodus 34:29-35

It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. read more.
Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

2 Corinthians 3:13

and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.

Countenance » God being the health of your countenance

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Countenance » Fierce

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

Daniel 8:23

“In the latter period of their rule,
When the transgressors have run their course,
A king will arise,
Insolent and skilled in intrigue.

Countenance » Pride in

2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper.

Countenance » Guilty

Genesis 4:5

but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.

Countenance » People sharpening the countenance of their friends

Countenance » What makes a cheerful countenance

Countenance » An angry countenance

Countenance » Health indicated in

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Countenance » Who shall walk in the light of the lord’s countenance

Psalm 89:15

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance.

Countenance » The countenance of the lord

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness;
The upright will behold His face.

Countenance » Reading of

Genesis 31:2

Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as formerly.

Genesis 31:5

and said to them, “I see your father’s attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has been with me.

Countenance » Angry

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