'Face' in the Bible

“Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face

This is the one about whom it is written,‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,Who will prepare Your way before You.’

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:“Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,Who will prepare Your way;

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face.

While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

This is the one about whom it is written,‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,Who will prepare Your way before You.’

And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming.

When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;

But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem.

and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.

for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.

The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and to give Him slaps in the face.

And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

“And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.

I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.

and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.

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,

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.

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face.

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

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while—in person, not in spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face.

as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,And His ears attend to their prayer,But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full.

but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.

In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.

The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.