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What Does the Bible Say About Favor?

Here are 17 Bible verses about favor, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Psalms 90:17

    And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

    BSBMay the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!

  2. #2Psalms 5:12

    For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

    BSBFor surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

  3. #3Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

    BSBFor the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

  4. #4Psalms 30:5

    For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

    BSBFor His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

  5. #5Genesis 6:8

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

    BSBNoah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

  6. #6Ephesians 1:11

    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

    BSBIn Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

  7. #7Luke 2:52

    And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

    BSBAnd Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

  8. #8Proverbs 3:1-4

    My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

    BSBMy son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

  9. #9Isaiah 58:11

    And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

    BSBThe LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

  10. #10Proverbs 18:22

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

    BSBHe who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  11. #11Psalms 102:13

    Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

    BSBYou will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

  12. #12Genesis 18:3

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

    BSB“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

  13. #13Genesis 39:4

    And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

    BSBJoseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

  14. #14Esther 2:15-18

    Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

    BSBNow Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her. She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti. Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

  15. #15Ephesians 2:8-9

    For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    BSBFor it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

  16. #16Proverbs 3:3-4

    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

    BSBNever let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

  17. #17Matthew 6:31-33

    Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

    BSBTherefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

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