Divine Favour

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. — read the full passage →

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.

Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard! — read the full passage →

Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

“Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.

I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her. — read the full passage →

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

About Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahweh’s blessing, Possess the west and the south.”

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.” — read the full passage →

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. — read the full passage →

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.