Favor is the divine smile upon our endeavors, the gentle whisper during trials, and the guiding light in our lives. The Bible offers numerous verses that illuminate the concept of favor, showcasing God’s grace in miraculous and heartwarming ways. This collection of 120 favor Scriptures invites you to explore the richness of God’s favor.

God’s Favor in Protection

• Psalm 5:12 – “Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”
• Psalm 84:11 – “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.”
• Proverbs 3:3-4 – “Let love and faithfulness never 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 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
• Psalm 30:5 – “For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”
• Psalm 90:17 – “May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands.”
• Proverbs 12:2 – “Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.”
• Isaiah 30:18 – “Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!”
• Exodus 33:17 – “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.'”

God’s Favor in Prosperity

• 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.”
• Deuteronomy 33:23 – “About Naphtali he said: ‘Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the Lord and is full of his blessing; he will inherit southward to the lake.'”
• Ruth 2:2 – “And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, ‘Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.’ Naomi said to her, ‘Go ahead, my daughter.'”
• 2 Kings 13:23 – “But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence.”
• Psalm 67:1 – “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—”
• Nehemiah 2:8 – “And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my requests.”
• Psalm 85:1 – “You, Lord, showed favor to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.”
• Ezra 7:28 – “and who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.”
• Genesis 6:8 – “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
• 1 Samuel 2:26 – “And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.”

God’s Favor in Deliverance

• Psalm 106:4 – “Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,”
• Isaiah 61:2 – “to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,”
• Isaiah 49:8 – “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,'”
• Psalm 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 loved them.”
• Psalm 77:9 – “Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?”
• Isaiah 60:10 – “Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.”
• Isaiah 66:2 – “Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. ‘These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.'”
• Ezra 9:8 – “But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage.”
• Psalm 103:4 – “who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,”
• Luke 1:30 – “But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.'”

God’s Favor in Wisdom

• Daniel 1:9 – “Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel,”
• Esther 2:17 – “Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
• Proverbs 11:27 – “Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.”
• Proverbs 13:15 – “Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.”
• Proverbs 14:9 – “Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.”
• Proverbs 19:6 – “Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.”
• 1 Peter 2:19 – “For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.”
• Proverbs 8:35 – “For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.”
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 – “I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.”

God’s Favor in Strength

• Judges 6:17 – “Gideon replied, ‘If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.'”
• Genesis 18:3 – “He said, ‘If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.'”
• Nehemiah 1:11 – “‘Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.’ I was cupbearer to the king.”
• 2 Chronicles 16:9 – “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
• 1 Kings 8:50 – “And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;”
• Psalm 41:11 – “I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.”
• Psalm 89:17 – “For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn.”
• Psalm 138:3 – “When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.”
• Psalm 145:19 – “He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.”
• Isaiah 41:10 – “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

God’s Favor in Healing

• Jeremiah 17:14 – “Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.”
• Exodus 15:26 – “He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.'”
• Psalm 6:2 – “Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.”
• Psalm 30:2 – “Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.”
• Psalm 41:3 – “The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.”
• Psalm 103:2-3 – “Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,”
• Jeremiah 30:17 – “‘But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.'”
• Matthew 4:24 – “News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.”
• Matthew 8:17 – “This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ‘He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.'”
• Isaiah 53:5 – “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”

God’s Favor in Guidance

• Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
• Isaiah 58:11 – “The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”
• Psalm 32:8 – “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.”
• Psalm 37:23-24 – “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”
• Psalm 73:24 – “You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.”
• Psalm 23:3 – “he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.”
• Proverbs 16:9 – “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”
• Proverbs 20:24 – “A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?”
• Isaiah 30:21 – “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'”
• Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”

God’s Favor in Forgiveness

• Psalm 103:12 – “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
• Isaiah 1:18 – “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.'”
• Micah 7:19 – “You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”
• 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
• Ephesians 1:7 – “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace”
• Hebrews 8:12 – “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
• Colossians 1:13-14 – “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
• Acts 3:19 – “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,”
• Psalm 32:1-2 – “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

God’s Favor in Peace

• Numbers 6:24-26 – “‘The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.'”
• John 14:27 – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
• Philippians 4:7 – “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
• Colossians 3:15 – “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
• Isaiah 26:3 – “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:16 – “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.”
• Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
• Psalm 29:11 – “The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.”
• Romans 5:1 – “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”

God’s Favor in Joy

• Psalm 30:11 – “You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,”
• Psalm 126:5 – “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.”
• Nehemiah 8:10 – “Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.'”
• Psalm 16:11 – “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
• Psalm 28:7 – “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.”
• Proverbs 17:22 – “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
• Romans 12:12 – “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
• 1 Peter 1:8-9 – “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
• Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

God’s Favor in Love

• John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
• Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
• 1 John 4:9 – “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
• 1 John 4:19 – “We love because he first loved us.”
• Ephesians 3:17-19 – “so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
• Romans 8:37-39 – “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• Jeremiah 31:3 – “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.'”
• Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Psalm 136:26 – “Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.”
• 1 John 3:1 – “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”

God’s Favor in Hope

• Jeremiah 29:11 – “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'”
• Romans 15:13 – “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
• Psalm 33:22 – “May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.”
• Psalm 71:5 – “For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.”
• Psalm 130:5 – “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.”
• Isaiah 40:31 – “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
• Lamentations 3:24 – “I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'”
• Titus 2:13 – “while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,”
• Hebrews 6:19 – “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,”
• 1 Peter 1:3 – “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”

God’s Favor in Courage

• Deuteronomy 31:6 – “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
• Joshua 1:9 – “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
• 2 Timothy 1:7 – “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
• Psalm 27:1 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”

Conclusion

Exploring these 120 favor Scriptures reveals the beauty of God’s grace. Each verse offers guidance, hope, and encouragement. May you feel God’s favor surrounding you and empowering your journey. Let these Scriptures inspire you to recognize and embrace His divine favor every day!