What Does the Bible Say About No One Can See His Face And Live?

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”

Genesis 32:30 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

John 1:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Isaiah 6:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Judges 13:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”

1 John 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Judges 6:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.”

Exodus 24:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Deuteronomy 5:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man still live.

Exodus 33:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

Exodus 33:1-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” ...

1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Colossians 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

John 6:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.

Judges 6:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.” But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.”

Exodus 33:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Exodus 33:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’

Exodus 24:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

Exodus 24:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

Genesis 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”

26 Bible Verses about No One Can See His Face And Live

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Genesis 32:30 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 1:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Isaiah 6:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Judges 13:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 6:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 24:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 5:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 33:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judges 6:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Exodus 24:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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26 Bible Verses about No One Can See His Face And Live

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Exodus 33:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Genesis 32:30 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 1:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Isaiah 6:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Judges 13:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 6:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 24:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 5:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 33:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 33:1-23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judges 6:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 33:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 24:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 24:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes