bless vs favor

bless

verb
  • To invoke divine favor upon. 

  • To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. 

  • To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify. 

  • To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. 

  • To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence. 

  • To turn (a reference) into an object. 

intj
  • Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement. 

favor

verb
  • To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. 

  • To resemble; especially, to look like (another person). 

  • To look upon fondly; to prefer. 

  • To use more often. 

  • To encourage, conduce to 

  • To treat with care. 

noun
  • A small gift; a party favor. 

  • Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. 

  • A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). 

  • Partiality; bias 

  • Goodwill; benevolent regard. 

  • The object of regard; person or thing favoured. 

How often have the words bless and favor occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )