'Before God' in the Bible

Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.

Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

For one man is not different from another before God.

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.

So that no flesh might have glory before God.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,

I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;

For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.

And I saw the seven angels who had their place before God; and seven horns were given to them.

And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.

And at the sounding of the sixth angel a voice came to my ears from the horns of the gold altar which is before God,

And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,

And the great town was cut into three parts, and the towns of the nations came to destruction: and Babylon the great came into mind before God, to be given the cup of the wine of his wrath.