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Divine Presence and Favor The face of God is frequently associated with His presence and favor. In the Aaronic blessing, the face of God is invoked as a source of blessing and peace: "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace" (<a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>). Here, the shining face of God symbolizes His gracious presence and benevolence towards His people. The desire to seek God's face is a recurring theme in the Psalms, reflecting a longing for His presence and guidance. <a href="/psalms/27-8.htm">Psalm 27:8</a> states, "My heart said, 'Seek His face.' Your face, O LORD, I will seek" . This pursuit of God's face indicates a deep yearning for communion and intimacy with the Creator. Human Faces and Identity Human faces in the Bible often represent identity and individuality. The face is a reflection of one's inner state and emotions. In <a href="/genesis/4-5.htm">Genesis 4:5</a>, after God did not regard Cain's offering, "Cain was very angry, and his face fell" , indicating his inner turmoil and displeasure. The face also serves as a means of recognition and relationship. Jacob, after wrestling with God, names the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared" (<a href="/genesis/32-30.htm">Genesis 32:30</a>). This encounter signifies a transformative experience and a direct, personal interaction with the divine. Judgment and Shame The Bible also uses the imagery of faces in the context of judgment and shame. In <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a>, during a prophecy of judgment, it is said, "They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads" . Here, the face reflects the internal state of disgrace and fear in response to divine judgment. Interpersonal Relationships Faces play a role in interpersonal relationships, often indicating respect or disdain. In the book of Esther, Haman's face is covered as a sign of impending doom when the king's wrath is revealed against him (<a href="/esther/7-8.htm">Esther 7:8</a>). Covering the face symbolizes the loss of honor and impending judgment. Conversely, the lifting of one's face can denote favor and acceptance. In <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Job 11:15</a>, Zophar tells Job, "Then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid" , suggesting restoration and confidence in one's standing. Conclusion The concept of faces in the Bible is rich with meaning, encompassing divine-human interaction, personal identity, emotional expression, and social dynamics. Whether reflecting God's favor or human emotion, the face serves as a powerful symbol of presence, relationship, and spiritual reality.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4383.htm">4383. prosopon -- the face</a> ... Origin from pros and ops (an eye, face) Definition the face NASB Word Usage ahead* (2), appearance (5), before* (2), coming* (1), face (37), faces (5), openly ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4383.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6440.htm">6440. panim -- face, faces</a> panim or paneh. 6439, 6440. panim or paneh. 6441 . face, faces. Transliteration: panim or paneh Phonetic Spelling: (paw-neem') Short Definition: before. ... /hebrew/6440.htm - 8k <a href="/hebrew/639.htm">639. aph -- a nostril, nose, face, anger</a> ... nose, face, anger NASB Word Usage anger (205), angry (2), angry* (5), before (2), breath (1), countenance (1), double (1), face (15), faces (4), forbearance* (1 ... /hebrew/639.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm">6437. panah -- to turn</a> ... cleared (1), cleared away (1), considered (1), dawn* (1), dawns (1), declined (1), declines (1), empty (1), face (2), faced (2), faced* (1), faces (3), facing ... /hebrew/6437.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm">5921. al -- upon, above, over</a> ... 1), crowns (1), defiance* (1), despite (1), due (1), duty (1), east* (7), encouragingly* (2), engaged (1), even (1), everywhere* (1), faces* (1), facing* (1 ... /hebrew/5921.htm - 8k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/various/the_testaments_of_the_twelve_patriarchs/x_the_testament_of_asher_concerning.htm">The Testament of Asher Concerning Two Faces of vice and virtue.</a> ... The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. X."The Testament of Asher Concerning Two Faces of Vice and Virtue. 1. The record of the ... /.../the testaments of the twelve patriarchs/x the testament of asher concerning.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_8_for_what_reason_the.htm">For what Reason the Worshippers of Janus have Made his Image with ...</a> ... Book VII. Chapter 8."For What Reason the Worshippers of Janus Have Made His Image with Two Faces, When They Would Sometimes Have It Be Seen with Four. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 8 for what reason the.htm<a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_following_the_christ/4_the_hilltopsexperiences_of_gladness.htm">The Hilltops --Experiences of Gladness and Glory</a> ... As we live with our faces ever held open to Him, the glory of His face will be reflected in ours, and we shall be changed more and more into His image.[87] I ... /.../quiet talks on following the christ/4 the hilltopsexperiences of gladness.htm<a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxxvi_his_murdered_fathers.htm">His Murdered Father's Head</a> ... Their cunning little eyes were the merest dots and slits in their large Mongolian faces. ... Their wicked faces looked as if they were all mouths. ... /.../chapter xxxvi his murdered fathers.htm<a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xlii.htm">Chapter xlii</a> ... The father has noted the look of perplexity in his sons' faces. ... The general perplexity at facing this strange issue was all that their faces reflected. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlii.htm<a href="/library/chidley/fifty-two_story_talks_to_boys_and_girls/shine_inside.htm">"Shine Inside"</a> ... Scott said, "Yes, the luster is there [in the photograph], but it is not lighted up." Now, there are some boys' and girls' faces that have a luster, but it is ... /.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/shine inside.htm<a href="/library/lathbury/childs_story_of_the_bible/chapter_xxxi_the_four_captive.htm">The Four Captive Children.</a> ... "I fear my lord the king," he said, "who hath appointed your meat and your drink, for why should he see your faces sadder than the children which are of your ... /.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxxi the four captive.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_saint_matthew/homily_xx_matt_vi_16.htm">Matt. vi. 16</a> ... VI. 16. Matt. VI.16. "And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.". ... /.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xx matt vi 16.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/a_seraphs_wings.htm">A Seraph's Wings</a> ... I. The Wings of Reverence. He covered his face, or they covered their faces, lest they should see. As a man brought suddenly into ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/a seraphs wings.htm<a href="/library/stalker/the_life_of_st_paul/chapter_viii_picture_of_a.htm">Picture of a Pauline Church</a> ... 132. Glance round the benches and look at the faces. ... 133. But observe one thing besides on all the faces present"the terrible traces of their past life. ... /.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter viii picture of a.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/faces.htm">Faces (158 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Faces (158 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Matthew 6:16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. ... /f/faces.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/f/facedown.htm">Facedown (20 Occurrences)</a> ... fire from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. ... /f/facedown.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/o/overshadowing.htm">Overshadowing (5 Occurrences)</a> ... Exodus 25:20 And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark ... /o/overshadowing.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/g/gad.htm">Gad (78 Occurrences)</a> ... This tribe was fierce and warlike; they were "strong men of might, men of war for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, their faces the faces of ... /g/gad.htm - 49k<a href="/topical/a/ark-cover.htm">Ark-cover (21 Occurrences)</a> ... Exodus 25:20 And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy ... /a/ark-cover.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/s/screening.htm">Screening (3 Occurrences)</a> ... Exodus 25:20 And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy ... /s/screening.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/m/mercy-seat.htm">Mercy-seat (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Exodus 25:20 And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy ... /m/mercy-seat.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/b/backs.htm">Backs (46 Occurrences)</a> ... Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they ... /b/backs.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/s/spreading.htm">Spreading (74 Occurrences)</a> ... Exodus 25:20 And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces 'are' one towards another ... /s/spreading.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/c/cherubs.htm">Cherubs (52 Occurrences)</a> ... Exodus 25:20 And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces 'are' one towards another ... /c/cherubs.htm - 22k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/ophanim.html">What are the ophanim? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/face-like-flint.html">What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/hierarchy-of-angels.html">What is the hierarchy of angels? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Faces (158 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Matthew 2:11</a> And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Matthew 6:16</a> "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/17-6.htm">Matthew 17:6</a> When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. (WEB WEY BBE DBY RSV)<a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. (See NIV)<a href="/luke/24-5.htm">Luke 24:5</a> Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/24-17.htm">Luke 24:17</a> He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?" (See NIV)<a href="/romans/2-11.htm">Romans 2:11</a> For there is no acceptance of faces with God, (YLT)<a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a> And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit. (WEY NIV)<a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a> Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them; (WEY)<a href="/1_thessalonians/3-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:10</a> while night and day, with intense earnestness, we pray that we may see your faces, and may bring to perfection whatever may be still lacking in your faith? (WEY)<a href="/revelation/4-10.htm">Revelation 4:10</a> The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying, (BBE)<a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8</a> And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints. (BBE)<a href="/revelation/5-14.htm">Revelation 5:14</a> And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship. (BBE)<a href="/revelation/7-11.htm">Revelation 7:11</a> All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/9-7.htm">Revelation 9:7</a> The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/9-8.htm">Revelation 9:8</a> Their faces seemed human and they had hair like women's hair, but their teeth resembled those of lions. (WEY)<a href="/revelation/11-16.htm">Revelation 11:16</a> The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God, (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/19-4.htm">Revelation 19:4</a> And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/9-23.htm">Genesis 9:23</a> Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/18-22.htm">Genesis 18:22</a> And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. (KJV WBS)<a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Genesis 30:40</a> Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/genesis/33-6.htm">Genesis 33:6</a> Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/37-10.htm">Genesis 37:10</a> And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you? (BBE)<a href="/genesis/40-7.htm">Genesis 40:7</a> And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces so sad to-day? (DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">Genesis 42:6</a> Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/43-28.htm">Genesis 43:28</a> And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/44-14.htm">Genesis 44:14</a> So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/10-10.htm">Exodus 10:10</a> He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces. (WEB YLT)<a href="/exodus/11-8.htm">Exodus 11:8</a> And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7</a> And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. (KJV WBS)<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a> You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters; (BBE)<a href="/exodus/20-20.htm">Exodus 20:20</a> And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Exodus 23:24</a> Do not go down on your faces and give worship to their gods, or do as they do; but overcome them completely, and let their pillars be broken down. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/25-20.htm">Exodus 25:20</a> The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/exodus/33-10.htm">Exodus 33:10</a> And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/37-9.htm">Exodus 37:9</a> The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Leviticus 9:24</a> There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/14-5.htm">Numbers 14:5</a> Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/16-22.htm">Numbers 16:22</a> They fell on their faces, and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45</a> "Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/20-6.htm">Numbers 20:6</a> Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Numbers 21:11</a> They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/33-7.htm">Numbers 33:7</a> They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped before Migdol. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-17.htm">Deuteronomy 1:17</a> ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it; (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm">Deuteronomy 5:9</a> You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters; (BBE)<a href="/deuteronomy/7-10.htm">Deuteronomy 7:10</a> and repayeth them that hate Him to their face, to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/11-4.htm">Deuteronomy 11:4</a> and that which He hath done to the force of Egypt, to its horses, and to its chariot, when He hath caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow against their faces in their pursuing after them, and Jehovah destroyeth them, unto this day; (YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a> Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (YLT)<a href="/joshua/15-2.htm">Joshua 15:2</a> Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward; (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/15-7.htm">Joshua 15:7</a> The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel. (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Joshua 18:17</a> It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. (See NIV)<a href="/judges/13-20.htm">Judges 13:20</a> For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/16-3.htm">Judges 16:3</a> Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. (See NIV)<a href="/judges/18-23.htm">Judges 18:23</a> They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What ails you, that you come with such a company?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/1_samuel/26-1.htm">1 Samuel 26:1</a> The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?" (See NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/26-3.htm">1 Samuel 26:3</a> And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which faces the waste, by the way side. And David abode in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness, (DBY)<a href="/2_samuel/19-5.htm">2 Samuel 19:5</a> Joab came into the house to the king, and said, "You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_kings/2-15.htm">1 Kings 2:15</a> He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/1_kings/7-9.htm">1 Kings 7:9</a> All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">1 Kings 8:35</a> When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them: (BBE)<a href="/1_kings/8-44.htm">1 Kings 8:44</a> If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name: (BBE)<a href="/1_kings/18-39.htm">1 Kings 18:39</a> When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, "Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_chronicles/12-8.htm">1 Chronicles 12:8</a> Of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/21-16.htm">1 Chronicles 21:16</a> David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/3-13.htm">2 Chronicles 3:13</a> The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">2 Chronicles 6:26</a> When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them: (BBE)<a href="/2_chronicles/6-34.htm">2 Chronicles 6:34</a> If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name: (BBE)<a href="/2_chronicles/7-3.htm">2 Chronicles 7:3</a> All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/13-14.htm">2 Chronicles 13:14</a> And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns. (BBE)<a href="/2_chronicles/19-7.htm">2 Chronicles 19:7</a> and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.' (YLT)<a href="/2_chronicles/24-17.htm">2 Chronicles 24:17</a> Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them. (BBE)<a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">2 Chronicles 29:6</a> For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/8-6.htm">Nehemiah 8:6</a> and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/9-24.htm">Job 9:24</a> The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/job/13-10.htm">Job 13:10</a> He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces. (YLT)<a href="/job/40-13.htm">Job 40:13</a> Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/21-12.htm">Psalms 21:12</a> Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces. (BBE YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/34-5.htm">Psalms 34:5</a> They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/83-16.htm">Psalms 83:16</a> Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/99-9.htm">Psalms 99:9</a> Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/18-5.htm">Proverbs 18:5</a> To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice. (WEB)<a href="/proverbs/24-23.htm">Proverbs 24:23</a> These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good. (YLT)<a href="/proverbs/25-23.htm">Proverbs 25:23</a> A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces. (YLT)<a href="/proverbs/28-21.htm">Proverbs 28:21</a> To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress. (YLT)<a href="/songs/7-4.htm">Song of Songs 7:4</a> Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Isaiah 3:3</a> Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a> The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves. (WEB YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm">Isaiah 3:15</a> What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. (KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">Isaiah 5:21</a> Wo 'to' the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent! (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Isaiah 6:2</a> Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a> They will pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward, (WEB JPS ASV <a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a> They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a> He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/29-22.htm">Isaiah 29:22</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale; (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6</a> As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Isaiah 49:23</a> Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed." (WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a> He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (KJV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/60-14.htm">Isaiah 60:14</a> And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/1-8.htm">Jeremiah 1:8</a> Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Jeremiah 1:17</a> Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. 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