32 Bible Verses about Divine Favour
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and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,
But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Moses said to the LORD, "See, you say to me, 'Bring up this people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'
Now the young man Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man.
But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.
then manprays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!"
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.
For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
Therefore the LORDwaits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.
I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God."
Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
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divine Favour » Promised to saints
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
Therefore the LORDwaits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
divine Favour » Invoked
And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!"
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Benevolence a means of
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » A characteristic of Christ
and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » The aim of the true minister
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » The Christian duty
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Renders life secure
When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
divine Favour » The possession of, characterized as pleasing God » Enoch an example of
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

