'Face' in the Bible

They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"

The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Then he said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again. Then lay my staff on the face of the child."

Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, "The child has not awakened."

It happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.

He lifted up his face to the window, and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, "This is Jezebel."'"

Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."

But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,

and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

"Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember [your] loving kindnesses to David your servant."

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh.

Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."

So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."

Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn't listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

and I said, "My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid.

I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"

and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?" As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."

But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."

Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.

Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face.

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'

Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

"Only don't do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from your face:

Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.

"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.

He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don't hesitate to spit in my face.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face -- even Jacob. Selah.

When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."

Don't hide your face from me. Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

For they didn't get 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 face, because you were favorable to them.

All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.

Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.

You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

For your servant David's sake, don't turn away the face of your anointed one.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.