Face

Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

…and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

…and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

…so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?

…then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

…wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

O 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 countenance is lovely.

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

…to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

…all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.