And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.
As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.
Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:
Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.
In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.
And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;
Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:
And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?
And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.
And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow:
With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.
<JOD> Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.
As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;
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