'Face' in the Bible

Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

He paws the ground in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he goes out to face weapons.

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. "Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me?

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job.

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.The upright will see His face.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?

For they did not take the land by their sword—their arm did not bring them victory—but by Your right hand, Your arm,and the light of Your face,for You were pleased with them.

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

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.

As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

for You have been a refuge for me,a strong tower in the face of the enemy.

He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.} God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?

Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;The upright will dwell in Your presence.

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

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

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each.

An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

For what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to face life?

Grief is better than laughter,for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right.

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.

My dove, in the clefts of the rock,in the crevices of the cliff,let me see your face,let me hear your voice;for your voice is sweet,and your face is lovely.