Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was graceful and beautiful.

You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.

Expressions of Praise

How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.

Thus says the Lord: The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,

Because of the countless debaucheries of the prostitute, gracefully alluring, mistress of sorcery, who enslaves nations through her debaucheries and peoples through her sorcery,

What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain, and he shall bring out the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.

From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

The Arrest of Stephen

Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion,

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

So they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them.

From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.

On the contrary, we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”

But Paul chose Silas and set out, the brothers and sisters commending him to the grace of the Lord.

And when he wished to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who through grace had become believers,

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified.

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,

To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,