'Favour' in the Bible
And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and saith, 'Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?' and he saith, 'God favour thee, my son.'
and He saith, 'I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'
'Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee;
and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them -- thou dost utterly devote them -- thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.
a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;
and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us by them, for we have not taken to each his wife in battle, for ye -- ye have not given to them at this time that ye are guilty.'
and Jehovah doth favour them, and pity them, and turn unto them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet.
Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.
For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!
Favour me, O Jehovah, for I am weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,
Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted am I.
And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.
Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me.
Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.'
Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
I -- I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.
And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah.
Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.
Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.
Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation.
He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.
The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.
Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
The favour of a king is to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!
The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.
In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.
And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts.
And the messenger said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.
Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.
praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.
and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.
who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound.
asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.
And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, 'Art thou willing, to Jerusalem having gone up, there concerning these things to be judged before me?'
for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'
unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against him.
and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;
and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,
so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,
and not only so, but who was also appointed by vote by the assemblies, our fellow-traveller, with this favour that is ministered by us, unto the glory of the same Lord, and your willing mind;