2 Samuel 14:22
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22 Joab prostrated himself with his face to the ground and did obeisance and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”
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Proverbs 31:28
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28 Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband, too, and he praises her:
Job 31:20
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20 whose loins have not blessed me,
and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;(A)
Job 29:11
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11 When the ear heard, it commended me,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
Nehemiah 11:2
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2 And the people blessed all those who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 19:39
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39 Then all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed over; the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.(A)
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1 Samuel 20:3
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3 But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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Ruth 2:2
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2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”(A)
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Exodus 33:16-17
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16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.”(A)
17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”(B)
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Genesis 6:8
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8 But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.(A)
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