'Favor' in the Bible

You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit.

You will lie down without fear,and many will seek your favor.

“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?Will you contend and plead for God?

“His sons favor the poor,And his hands give back his wealth.

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

to show favor to him and to plead, "Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit I know where his ransom is!'

God is not partial to princesand does not favor the rich over the poor,for they are all the work of His hands.

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—

So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job.

The Lord delivers; you show favor to your people. (Selah)

Realize that the Lord shows the godly special favor; the Lord responds when I cry out to him.

Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”Look on us with favor, Lord.

For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;You surround him with favor like a shield.

Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor.

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!

They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?

For His anger lasts only a moment,but His favor, a lifetime.Weeping may spend the night,but there is joy in the morning.

Lord, when You showed Your favor,You made me stand like a strong mountain;when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

Lord, I called to You;I sought favor from my Lord:

Show Your favor to Your servant;save me by Your faithful love.

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

Blessed be the Lord,For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication;And let them say continually, “The Lord be magnified,Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,And their own arm did not save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,For You favored them.

The daughter of Tyre, the wealthy people,will seek your favor with gifts.

Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.May God be gracious to us and bless us;look on us with favorSelah

But as for me, Lord,my prayer to You is for a time of favor.In Your abundant, faithful love, God,answer me with Your sure salvation.

“Will the Lord reject foreverand never again show favor?

When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

Restore us, God;look on us with favor,and we will be saved.

Restore us, God of Hosts;look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude

God, look at our shield, and show favor to your anointed,

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Lord, You showed favor to Your land;You restored Jacob’s prosperity.

Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.

How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.

For You are their magnificent strength;by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;establish for us the work of our hands—establish the work of our hands!

Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].

My eyes favor the faithful of the landso that they may sit down with me.The one who follows the way of integritymay serve me.

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,for it is time to show favor to her—the appointed time has come.

For Your servants take delight in its stonesand favor its dust.

When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

Remember me, Lord,when You show favor to Your people.Come to me with Your salvation

May no one extend gracious love to him, or show favor to his fatherless children.

I have sought Your favor with all my heart;be gracious to me according to Your promise.

Turn to me and be gracious to me and show me favor,As is Your way to those who love Your name.

Show favor to Your servant,and teach me Your statutes.

I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they are in favor of war. A Song of Ascents

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,so our eyes are on the Lord our Goduntil He shows us favor.

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

LORD, remember in David's favor all of his troubles;

For the Lord will judge His peopleAnd He will have compassion on His servants [revealing His mercy].

I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh.

You open Your handAnd satisfy the desire of every living thing.

for they [are] a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.

Then you will find favor and high regardin the sight of God and man.

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

For the one who finds me finds lifeand obtains favor from the Lord,

By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

The one who searches for what is good finds favor,but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.

The good person obtains favor from the Lord,but He condemns a man who schemes.

Good sense wins favor,but the way of the treacherous never changes.

Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who acts wisely,But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

When a king’s face lights up, there is life;his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.

A man who finds a wife finds a good thingand obtains favor from the Lord.

Many seek a ruler’s favor,and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,but his favor is like dew on the grass.

The soul of the wicked desires evil;His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;favor is better than silver and gold.

One who rebukes a person will later find more favorthan one who flatters with his tongue.

Many seek a ruler’s favor,but a man receives justice from the Lord.

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.

But if the wicked man is shown favor,he does not learn righteousness.In a righteous land he acts unjustlyand does not see the majesty of the Lord.

Lord, You will establish peace for us,Since You have also performed for us all that we have done.

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

Therefore the Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you,And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.For the Lord is a God of justice;Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].

For you people will live on Zion in Jerusalem and will never cry again. He will show favor to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears, He will answer you.

This is what the Lord says:I will answer you in a time of favor,and I will help you in the day of salvation.I will keep you, and I will appoint youto be a covenant for the people,to restore the land,to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you. They shall present a sacrifice for favor [on] my altar, and I will glorify {my honorable house}.

Foreigners will build up your walls,and their kings will serve you.Although I struck you in My wrath,yet I will show mercy to you with My favor.

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,and the day of our God’s vengeance;to comfort all who mourn,

For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;We all wither and decay like a leaf,And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Then the Lord said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me [interceding for them], My heart would still not be [turned with favor] toward this people [Judah]. Send them away from My presence and out of My sight and let them go!

"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!

I'll throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, and I'll show you no favor.'

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favor, and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster He had pronounced against them? We are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

‘They will be carried to Babylon and they will be there until the day that I visit them [with My favor],’ says the Lord. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”

The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them.