Favor of God

For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.

For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.

“For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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

And the child Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with the Lord and men.

Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.”

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,

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

just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.