Favor – H2580 – chen – (khane) grace, graciousness, kindness, favor, beauty, pleasant, precious, well-favored. From H2603 chanan (khaw-nan) – to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor; bestow; deal graciously, give, be merciful, show mercy, have pity upon. Disposition to grant or gratify one's request or desires as an act of grace.
Psalms 84:11 - For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD gives favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
Psalms 5:12 - Surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Psalms 30:5 - For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Exodus 33:13 - If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people."
Psalms 44:3 - It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you favored them.
Psalms 45:6-7,12 - Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy… The city of Tyre will come with a gift, people of wealth will seek your favor.
Psalms 89:15-17 - Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are exalted.
Proverbs 3:34 - He mocks those who mock, but to the humble he gives favor.
Psalms 102:13 - You will arise and have compassion on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
Psalms 106:4 - Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
Psalms 119:58 - I sought Your favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word.
Genesis 18:3 - and said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
I Samuel 2:26 - And the child Samuel kept on growing in stature and in favor both with the LORD and also with men.
Luke 2:52 - And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Genesis 30:27 - Then Laban responded, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay with me, because I've learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me because of you.
Genesis 6:7-8 - So the LORD said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created--and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground--for I regret that I have made them." But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
Genesis 39:4 - Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.
Genesis 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Acts 7:10 - and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.
Exodus 3:21 - And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
Exodus 11:3 - The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Furthermore, the man Moses himself was greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people. NLT - Now the LORD had caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the people of Israel. And Moses was considered a very great man in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh's officials and the Egyptian people alike.
Exodus 12:36 - And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. So the Israelites stripped Egypt of its wealth.
Exodus 33:13-14 - If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people." The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?" And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
Psalms 34:9-10 - And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, even though it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.” Then the LORD said: "I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the LORD, will do for you.
Deuteronomy 3:23 - About Naphtali he said: "Naphtali, full of favor and the LORD's blessing, take possession of the west and south."
Daniel 1:9 - Now God had caused the official to show favor and affection to Daniel,
Nehemiah 2:5 - and I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild it."
Esther 2:15 - Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.
Esther 2:17 - the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 5:2 - And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.
Psalms 112:5 - A good man shows favor and lends; He will govern his affairs with good judgment.
Proverbs 3:1-4 - My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. (NASB - Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.) Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 8:35 - For those who find (wisdom) find life and receive favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 11:27 - The one who diligently searches for what is good finds favor, but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.
Proverbs 12:2 - A good man (one who does good) obtains favor from the LORD, but a man who plots evil He condemns.
Proverbs 13:15 - Good understanding wins favor, but the way of transgressors leads to their destruction.
Proverbs 14:9 - Fools mock at making amends for sin, but for the upright there is favor.
Proverbs 14:35 - A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his anger ls on the one who acts shamefully.
Proverbs 16:15 - When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12 - A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 18:22 - He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:6 - Many will seek the favor of a ruler, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Proverbs 29:26 - Many seek the ruler's favor, but justice comes from the LORD.
Proverbs 21:10 - The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
Luke 6:38 - Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full--pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." (lesson to be learned: Give favor and you will receive favor)
Proverbs 22:21 - A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver or gold.
Proverbs 28:23 - Whoever rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than one who has flatters with his tongue.
Psalms 30:7 - LORD, when You showed Your favor, You made me stand like a strong mountain; when You hid Your face, I was troubled.
Isaiah 26:10 – If favor is shown to the wicked it does not make them do good. Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of the LORD's majesty.
Isaiah 27:11 - The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the One who made them will show them no favor.
Jeremiah 16:13 - Therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
Isaiah 60:10 - "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in my anger I struck you down, in my favor I have shown you mercy.
Luke 1:30 - "Don't be afraid, Mary," the angel told her, "for you have found favor with God!
Acts 2:46 - Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Acts 7:45-46 - It remained in the land until the time of David, who enjoyed God's favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Acts 13:22 - After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'
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