Bible Verses About Countenance
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.