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Bible Quotes

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
(Genesis 6:8) ESV

So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.
(Genesis 39:4) ESV

So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem.
(Esther 2:8,9) ESV

When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 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. Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.
(Esther 2:15-18) ESV

For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
(Psalm 5:12) ESV

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
(Psalm 90:17) ESV

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
(Proverbs 18:22) ESV

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
(Luke 2:52) ESV¹

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
--Publilius Syrus – Roman Writer Born 85 BC Died 43 BC

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
--Titus Livius – Roman Historian Born 59 BC Died 17

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt – American President Born 1882 Died 1945

Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
--Harold Warner

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.
--Louise Brown – English Celebrity Born 1978

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.
--John Churton Collins – English Critic Born 1848 Died 1908

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
--Publilius Syrus – Roman Writer Born 85 BC Died 43 BC⁴