62 occurrences

'Faces' in the Bible

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Verse ConceptsShouldersCoveringCovering The BodySonsClothing OthersOuter GarmentsBackwardsNot Seeing PeopleDads

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsSeparating AnimalsBlack AnimalsNot Mixing

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

Verse ConceptsBowingGovernorsBowing Before Joseph

And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

Verse ConceptsWingsCovering The ArkFacingAngel's WingsCherubim

And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

Verse ConceptsWingsCovering The ArkFacingAngel's WingsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim

And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

Verse ConceptsGesturesFireProstrationShoutingTheophanyShouting For JoyAnswers By FireFire From HeavenBurning SacrificesGroups ShoutingSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Obedience

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Verse ConceptsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedWill God Be Angry?venting

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfProstrationGod's Glory In IsraelAssembling At The Doorway

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

Verse ConceptsProstrationCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

Verse ConceptsWhat Is The Matter?

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIndividuals Saving Others

And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from Jehovah.

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.

Verse ConceptsProstrationReligious AwakeningsDuplicating WordsThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah,'saying , For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfPraiseKneelingWorship, Elements OfWorship, Reasons For

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.

and Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

Verse ConceptsGesturesAgreement, Before GodBowingPraise, Examples OfPraise, Reasons ForProstrationResponseWorship, Places OfBowing Heads Before GodLifting HandsAmenSpecific Praising Of GodPraise And Worshipadoration

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he , who then is it?

Verse ConceptsWho Is God?Prosperity Of The Wicked

Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place .

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheCreatures Returning To DustPeople Hiding Peopledust

Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsNot Seeking God

And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them ; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces'shall be faces of flame.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Verse ConceptsDeath, DefeatedDeath, Of Believerseternal life, nature ofMortalityPower, God's SavingRest, EternalResurrectionWhat Heaven Will Be LikeMessianic PropheciesTearsDestruction Of Satan's WorksOvercoming DeathGod Will ComfortNot MourningDeathAbolishing Death

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsFeetAssurance, basis ofBowingDust, Figurative UseHope, Results OfProstrationStomachsKings, How They Should ActNot Put To ShameHope For The RighteousMothersDisappointmentMotherhoodTaking Care Of The Earth

O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

Verse ConceptsProvokingFruits Of SinShame Has Comehurting

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsBirth Not Being PossibleHaving A Babybaby

now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

Verse ConceptsPestilenceNo SurvivorsFamine Killing

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The SwordFamine KillingMade A Horror

They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward,'saying , Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCovenant, the newSaints, As PilgrimsThe Eternal CovenantPeople Going AstrayAsking Particular QuestionsUnited With GodDirection

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceHoliness,  Worldly SeparationInsultsLove, And The WorldForeigners In The Holy PlacesInterlopers In The TempleShame Has ComeAliensExamples Of Patriotism

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsDisrespect For Old Age

And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesAngel's WingsFour Other ThingsCherubim

And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus :

Verse ConceptsAngels HandsFour SidesLike Men

As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesRight SidesEaglesCreatures Like LionsLike MenLeft Hand Side

And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Verse ConceptsBodyCovering The BodyAngel's WingsTouching Holy ThingsTwo Of Body Partsknots

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces thereof.

Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeopleSuccess And Hard WorkNervousness

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionBowingThe SunPollutionsAnimismTurning One's BackFacing EastBowing To False GodsTwenty SomeWorship Of The SunCourts Of The TempleSunWorshiping GodSunshinefootballapostasyislam

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesEaglesCreatures Like LionsFour Other ThingsLike MenCherubim

Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

Verse ConceptsAngels HandsHeavenly FacesAngel's WingsPeople Are The SameFour Other ThingsLike Men

And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesNot Turning Aside

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofImpenitence, Results OfRenunciationRepentance, Nature OfAttitudes Of RepentanceAvoiding IdolatryRepenting Of Abominations

and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthNorth And SouthHarming Trees

And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesHeavenly FacesTwo Of Body PartsCherubim Depicted

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.

Verse ConceptsCountenance

At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.

Verse ConceptsVision

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

Verse ConceptsBodyKneesExpressions On FacesLosing CourageOther References To The Heart

They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersWindDealing With Many PeoplePursuing ViolenceSand And Gravel

Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.

Verse ConceptsOffalCorrupt PriestsDefecationGod Requite Them!AgricultureSpilling Your Seed On The Groundegopooprebuking

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAtonementFacesFasting, Of HypocritesNeglecting DutiesDisplayingBeing Seen By ManClean FacesPeople UnwashedWhen?How To FastNo RewardSettling AccountsAppearances ofHypocritesFastingHypocrisyFasting And PrayerSmilingmakeup

and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Verse ConceptsBowingProstrationBowing Heads Before GodChrist's Life

And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Verse ConceptsCreaturesProstrationThroneWorship, Times ForHeaven, Worshiping GodBeastsAngels SingingWorshiping TogethereldersadorationAngelic Beings Praising GodThousands Of Angels Worship God

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men's faces.

Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns

And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchThroneHeaven, Worshiping GodTwenty SomeElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elderselders

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