9 Bible Verses about Countenance
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.
The north wind driveth away the rain, even so doth an earnest sober countenance a backbiter's tongue.
There be many that say, "Who will show us any good? LORD lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."
In the month Nisan in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, when the wine stood before him, I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king and I was heavy in his presence. Then said the king unto me, "Why lookest thou so sadly? Thou art not sick, that is not the matter, but thou art heavy hearted." Nevertheless I was sore afraid and said unto the king, "God save the king's life forever, should I not look sadly? The city of my fathers' burial lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire."
Why doth thine heart make thee so proud? Why standest thou so greatly in thine own conceit? Where unto look thine eyes,
For they got not the land in possession through their own sword, neither was it their own arm that helped them - But thy righthand, thine arm and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Who is wise? Who hath knowledge to make an answer? Wisdom maketh a man's face to shine, but malice putteth it out of favour.
The changing of their countenance betrayeth them; yea, they declare their own sins themselves, as Sodom, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded.
that he said unto him, "I am afraid of my lord the king, which hath appointed you your meat and drink: lest he spy your faces to be worse liking than the other springaldes of your age, and so ye shall make me lose my head unto the king."
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Countenance » Sad
And after the ten days, their faces were better liking and fatter, than all the young springaldes, which ate of the king's meat.
Then changed the king his countenance, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his body shook, and his knees smote one against another.
Then she said, "Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight." And so the woman went her way, and did eat and looked no more so sad.
Then said the king unto me, "Why lookest thou so sadly? Thou art not sick, that is not the matter, but thou art heavy hearted." Nevertheless I was sore afraid and said unto the king, "God save the king's life forever, should I not look sadly? The city of my fathers' burial lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire."
It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.
Countenance » Cheerful
There be many that say, "Who will show us any good? LORD lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."
When I laughed, they knew well it was not earnest; and this testimony of my countenance pleased them nothing at all.
For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.
For they got not the land in possession through their own sword, neither was it their own arm that helped them - But thy righthand, thine arm and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.
Countenance » Transfigured
If the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not behold the face of Moses for the glory of countenance - which glory nevertheless is done away -
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was changed, and his garment was white and shone.
And Moses came down from mount Sinai, and the two tables of witness in his hand, and yet he wist not that the skin of his face shone with beams of his communing with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel looked upon Moses and saw that the skin of his face shone with beams, they were afraid to come nigh him. But he called them to him, and then Aaron and all the chief of the company came unto him, and Moses talked with them. read more.
And at the last all the children of Israel came unto him, and he commanded them all that the LORD had said unto him in mount Sinai. And as soon as he had made an end of communing with them, he put a covering upon his face. But when he went before the LORD to speak with him, he took the covering off until he came out. And he came out and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of his face shone with beams: but Moses put a covering upon his face, until he went in to commune with him.
and do not as Moses - which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel should not see for what purpose that served, which is put away.
Countenance » God being the health of your countenance
Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Countenance » Fierce
a hard-favoured nation which shall not regard the person of the old nor have compassion on the young.
After these kingdoms, while ungodliness is a growing, there shall arise a king of an unshamefast face, which shall be wise in dark speakings.
Countenance » Pride in
The ungodly is so proud and full of indignation, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.
Naaman, captain of the Host to the king of Syria, was great with his master and well taken: for through him the LORD saved Syria. And he was an active man, and yet a leper.
Countenance » Guilty
but unto Cain and unto his offering, looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceedingly, and lowered.
The changing of their countenance betrayeth them; yea, they declare their own sins themselves, as Sodom, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded.
Countenance » People sharpening the countenance of their friends
Countenance » What makes a cheerful countenance
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.
Countenance » An angry countenance
The north wind driveth away the rain, even so doth an earnest sober countenance a backbiter's tongue.
Countenance » Health indicated in
Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Countenance » Who shall walk in the light of the lord’s countenance
Blessed is the people, O LORD, that can rejoice in thee; they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.
Countenance » The countenance of the lord
For the LORD is righteous, and he loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just.
Countenance » Reading of
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not toward him as it was in times past.
and said unto them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as in times past. Moreover the God of my father hath been with me.
Countenance » Angry
The north wind driveth away the rain, even so doth an earnest sober countenance a backbiter's tongue.
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