9 Bible Verses about Countenance

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Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

Nehemiah 2:1-3

And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine is before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him; and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much, and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'

Job 15:12

What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?

Psalm 44:3

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Isaiah 3:9

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

Daniel 1:10

and the chief of the eunuchs saith to Daniel, 'I am fearing my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink, for why doth he see your faces sadder than those of the lads which are of your circle? then ye have made my head indebted to the king,'

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Countenance » Sad

Daniel 1:15

and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.

Daniel 5:6

then the king's countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.

1 Samuel 1:18

And she saith, 'Let thy handmaid find grace in thine eyes;' and the woman goeth on her way, and eateth, and her countenance hath not been sad for it any more.

Nehemiah 2:2-3

and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much, and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

More verses: Ezekiel 27:35

Countenance » Cheerful

Psalm 4:6

Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

Job 29:24

I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

Psalm 21:6

For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

Psalm 44:3

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

More verses: Proverbs 27:17

Countenance » Transfigured

2 Corinthians 3:7

and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face -- which was being made useless,

Exodus 34:29-35

And it cometh to pass, when Moses is coming down from mount Sinai (and the two tables of the testimony are in the hand of Moses in his coming down from the mount), that Moses hath not known that the skin of his face hath shone in His speaking with him, and Aaron seeth -- all the sons of Israel also -- Moses, and lo, the skin of his face hath shone, and they are afraid of coming nigh unto him. And Moses calleth unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the company return unto him, and Moses speaketh unto them; read more.
and afterwards have all the sons of Israel come nigh, and he chargeth them with all that Jehovah hath spoken with him in mount Sinai. And Moses finisheth speaking with them, and putteth on his face a vail; and in the going in of Moses before Jehovah to speak with Him, he turneth aside the vail until his coming out; and he hath come out and hath spoken unto the sons of Israel that which he is commanded; and the sons of Israel have seen the face of Moses that the skin of the face of Moses hath shone, and Moses hath put back the vail on his face until his going in to speak with Him.

2 Corinthians 3:13

and are not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,

Countenance » God being the health of your countenance

Psalm 42:11

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Psalm 43:5

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Countenance » Fierce

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

Daniel 8:23

'And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;

Countenance » Pride in

2 Kings 5:1

And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour -- leprous.

Countenance » Guilty

Genesis 4:5

and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

Isaiah 3:9

The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

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

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Psalm 43:5

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

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

Psalm 89:15

O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

Countenance » The countenance of the lord

Psalm 11:7

For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

Countenance » Reading of

Genesis 31:2

and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.

Genesis 31:5

and saith to them, 'I am beholding your father's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,

Countenance » Angry

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