Found 90 Results for: favor

  • For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. But the lofty he knows from a distance. (Psalms 137, 6)

  • And he went forth with glory to Ptolemais, and he met the two kings there, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and gifts. And he found favor in their sight. (1 Maccabees 10, 60)

  • And he took gold, and silver, and vestments, and many other presents, and he went to the king at Ptolemais, and he found favor in his sight. (1 Maccabees 11, 24)

  • Then Philip, seeing that the man gained ground little by little, and that things frequently fell out in his favor, wrote to Ptolemy, governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, to send auxiliaries to carry out the work of the king. (2 Maccabees 8, 8)

  • Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue. (Proverbs 28, 23)

  • For this offspring was accursed from the beginning. Neither did you, fearing anyone, give favor to their sins. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 11)

  • And he poured her over all his works, and over all flesh, to the extent of his favor, and he has offered her to those who love him. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 10)

  • You should not say: “God will look with favor on the multitude of my gifts, and when I make an offering to the most high God, he will accept my gift.” (Ecclesiasticus 7, 11)

  • You should not look with favor on a woman with many desires, lest perhaps you may fall into her traps. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 3)

  • Yet the eye of God has looked with favor upon him for his benefit, and he has lifted him up from his humiliation, and he has exalted his head. And many have wondered at him, and they have honored God. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 13)

  • You should not approve of their life, nor should you look with favor on their labors. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 2)

  • Afterward, God looked with favor upon the earth, and he filled it with his goodness. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 30)


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