'Face' in the Bible

But [when] you are fasting, {put olive oil on your head} and wash your face

It is this man about whom it is written: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light.

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

And going forward a little he fell down on his face, praying and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you [will]."

Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists, and they slapped [him],

Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him "Prophesy!" And the officers received him with slaps in the face.

And it happened that while he was in one of the towns, {there was} a man {covered with leprosy}. And [when he] saw Jesus, he fell down on [his] face [and] begged him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

It is this man about whom it is written: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing [became] white, gleaming like lightning.

Now it happened that when the days were approaching {for him to be taken up}, he set [his] face to go to Jerusalem.

And he fell on [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him. And he was a Samaritan.

like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth.

The one who had died came out, his feet and his hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped with a facecloth. Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go."

Now [when] he had said these [things], one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, "Do you reply to the high priest in this way?"

and were coming up to him and saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" and were giving him slaps in the face.

And [as they] looked intently at him, all those who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face [was] like the face of an angel.

And he made from one [man] every nation of humanity to live on all the face of the earth, determining [their] fixed times and the fixed boundaries of their habitation,

"And now behold, I know that all [of] you, among whom I went about proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.

especially distressed at the statement that he had said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

To {them} I replied that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the one who had been accused met [his] accusers face to [face] and received an opportunity for a defense concerning the accusation.

For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

the secret things of his heart become evident, and so, falling on [his] face, he will worship God, proclaiming, "God is truly among you!"

But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,

and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.

And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," [is the one] who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

For you put up with [it] if someone enslaves you, if someone devours [you], if someone takes advantage of [you], if someone is presumptious [toward you], if someone strikes you in the face.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed [him] to his face, because he was condemned.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},

But [when] we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for {a short time} (in face, not in heart), [we were] even more eager with great desire to see your face,

night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at {his own face} in a mirror,

For the eyes of the Lord [are] on the righteous, and his ears [are open to] their prayer. But the face of the Lord [is] against those who do evil.

[Although] I have many [things] to write to you, I do not want [to do so] by means of paper and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak {face to face}, so that your joy may be complete.

But I hope to see you right away, and to speak {face to face}.

and [he] had in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword coming out of his mouth, and his face [was] like the sun shining in its strength.

And the first living creature [was] similar to a lion, and the second living creature [was] similar to an ox, and the third living creature had a face like a man's, and the fourth living creature [was] similar to an eagle flying.

And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

And I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and a rainbow over his head, and his face [was] like the sun, and his feet [were] like pillars of fire,

and they will see his face, and his name [will be] on their foreheads.