Scribe:Countenance
(Genesis 4:5-6 [KJV])
[5] But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
[6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
(Genesis 31:2-5 [KJV])
[2] And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
[3] And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
[4] And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
[5] 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.
(Exodus 23:3 [KJV])
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
(Numbers 6:26 [KJV]) The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
(Deuteronomy 28:50 [KJV]) A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
(Judges 13:6 [KJV])
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
(I Samuel 1:18 [KJV]) 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.
(I Samuel 16:7-12 [KJV])
[7] But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
[8] Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
[9] Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
[10] Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
[11] And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
[12] And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
So regarding countenance, it’s not like the world see but as the Holy Ghost see or discern.
(I Samuel 17:42 [KJV]) And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
(I Samuel 25:3 [KJV]) Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
(II Samuel 14:27 [KJV]) And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
(II Kings 8:10-12 [KJV])
[10] And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
[11] And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
[12] And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
(Nehemiah 2:2-3 [KJV])
[2] Wherefore 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,
[3] And 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?
(Job 14:18-22 [KJV])
[18] And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
[19] The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
[20] Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
[21] His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
[22] But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
(Job 29:23-25 [KJV])
[23] And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
[24] If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
[25] I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
(Psalms 4:6 [KJV]) There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
(Psalms 10:4 [KJV]) The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
(Psalms 11:7 [KJV]) For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
(Psalms 21:5-7 [KJV])
[5] His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
[6] For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
[7] For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
(Psalms 42:5 [KJV]) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
(Psalms 42:5-11 [KJV])
[5] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
[6] O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
[7] Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
[8] Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
[9] I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[10] As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
[11] 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.
(Psalms 43:5 [KJV]) 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.
(Psalms 44:3 [KJV]) 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.
(Psalms 80:16 [KJV]) It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
(Psalms 89:15 [KJV]) Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
(Psalms 90:8 [KJV]) Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
(Proverbs 15:13 [KJV]) A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
(Proverbs 16:15 [KJV]) In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
(Proverbs 25:23 [KJV]) The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
(Proverbs 27:17 [KJV]) Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
(Ecclesiastes 7:3 [KJV]) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
(Song of Solomon 2:14 [KJV])
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
(Song of Solomon 5:15 [KJV]) His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
(Isaiah 3:9 [KJV])
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
(Ezekiel 27:35 [KJV]) All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
(Daniel 1:13-15 [KJV])
[13] Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
[14] So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
[15] And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
(Daniel 5:6-10 [KJV])
[6] Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
[7] The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[8] Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
[9] Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
[10] Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
(Daniel 7:28 [KJV]) Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
(Daniel 8:23 [KJV]) And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
(Matthew 6:16 [KJV])
Moreover 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. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
(Matthew 28:3 [KJV]) His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
(Luke 9:29 [KJV]) And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
(Acts 2:28 [KJV]) Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
(II Corinthians 3:7 [KJV]) 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:
(Revelation of John 1:16 [KJV]) And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Acts 6:15 KJV
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.