divine favor
Grace from above
Divine favor is blessing, protection, or goodwill believed to come from God or the gods.
In religious contexts, it suggests being specially chosen or blessed: The king claimed divine favor for his reign.
The concept appears across traditions—prayers seek it, sacrifices invoke it, and success may be interpreted as evidence of it.
She attributed her recovery to divine favor.
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- answered prayerSupplication that succeeded
- prayerAddress to deity
- God's willDivine intention or decree
- providenceDivine protective care
state of grace · beatitude · holy spirit · grace · salvation · mercy · covenant · chosen people · anointing · laying on hands · intercession · faith · charism · benediction · sanctification · theophany · act of God · vouchsafe
- divine powersimmortality, omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, creation
- Epic mythologyhero's journey, epic quest, legendary voyage, mythical creatures, heroes
- blessingsblessing, blessing prayer, spiritual gifts, God bless, God bless you
- Trojan WarTroy, Achilles, Hector, Helen, Odysseus
- religious delusionsmessiah complex, savior complex, angelic visitation, apocalyptic visions, prophetic dreams
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
divine favordivine wrath
Sacred punishment from above
divine punishment · divine retribution · damnation · divine judgment · malediction
divine favorblind chance
accident · happenstance · dumb luck · bad luck · misfortune
divine favordamnation
Eternal punishment decree
perdition · spiritual exile · fallen from grace · reprobation · excommunication