9 Bible Verses about Countenance
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A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The north wind brings forth rain: so does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had never been sad before in his presence. Therefore the king said unto me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid, And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had favor unto them.
Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
The look on their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil unto themselves.
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the young men who are of your age? then shall you make me endanger my head to the king.
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Countenance » Sad
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who did eat the portion of the king's food.
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
And she said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
Therefore the king said unto me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid, And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Countenance » Cheerful
There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.
If I mocked them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
For you have made him most blessed forever: you have made him exceedingly glad with your presence.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had favor unto them.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Countenance » Transfigured
But if the ministry of death, written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
And as he prayed, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his clothing was white and glistening.
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. read more.
And afterward all the children of Israel came near: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on mount Sinai. And till Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
And not as Moses, who put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly see the end of that which is abolished:
Countenance » God being the health of your countenance
Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Countenance » Fierce
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to their fullness, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall stand up.
Countenance » Pride in
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in any of his thoughts.
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.
Countenance » Guilty
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
The look on their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil unto themselves.
Countenance » People sharpening the countenance of their friends
Countenance » What makes a cheerful countenance
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Countenance » An angry countenance
The north wind brings forth rain: so does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
Countenance » Health indicated in
Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Countenance » Who shall walk in the light of the lord’s countenance
Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.
Countenance » The countenance of the lord
For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.
Countenance » Reading of
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Countenance » Angry
The north wind brings forth rain: so does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
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