9 Bible Verses about Countenance
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A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Now I was cupbearer to the king. And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not [formerly] been sad in And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid. And I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lays waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou were favorable to them.
Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
The show of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have done evil to themselves.
And the ruler of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has 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 ye would endanger my head
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Countenance » Sad
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared finer, and they were fuller in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.
Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him. And the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and ate, and her countenance was no more [sad].
And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid. And I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lays waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
Countenance » Cheerful
Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou were favorable to them.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Countenance » Transfigured
But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,
And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing glistening white.
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking wi And when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. And Moses called to them. And Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. read more.
And afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he gave them in commandment all that LORD had spoken with him on mount Sinai. And when Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in before LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke to the sons of Israel that which he was commanded. And the sons of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. And Moses put the veil upon his face again until he went in to speak with him.
and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.
Countenance » God being the health of your countenance
Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Countenance » Fierce
a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding hidden things, shall stand up.
Countenance » Pride in
The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
Countenance » Guilty
but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
The show of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have done evil to themselves.
Countenance » People sharpening the countenance of their friends
Countenance » What makes a cheerful countenance
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Countenance » An angry countenance
Countenance » Health indicated in
Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.
Countenance » Who shall walk in the light of the lord’s countenance
Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Countenance » The countenance of the lord
For LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.
Countenance » Reading of
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime, but the God of my father has been with me.