'Before God' in the Bible

Now listen to me. I'll advise you, and may God be with you. You are to represent the people before God and bring the disputes to God.

Then Joshua assembled together all of the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He called for the leaders, officials, judges, and tribal officers of Israel. They assembled in formation before God,

So the people went to Bethel, sat before God until dusk, where they cried out loud and wept bitterly.

"Because your heart was sensitive, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he had to say about this place and its inhabitants indeed, because you humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes, and cried out to me, I have heard you," declares the LORD.

But I want to talk to the Almighty; and I'm determined to argue my case before God."

Yet you dispense with fear of God and hinder meditations before God.

Sheol is naked before God and Abaddon has no clothes.

He won't examine mankind further, that they would go before God to judgment.

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

May he be enthroned before God forever; Appoint your gracious love and truth to guard him.

My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.

But the righteous rejoice and exult before God; they are overwhelmed with joy.

They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion.

But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.

Both of them were righteous before God, having lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

But whoever denies me before people will be denied before God's angels.

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty before God up to this very day."

Therefore, I always do my best to have a clear conscience before God and people.

For if Abraham was justified by actions, he would have had something to boast about though not before God.

As for the faith you do have, have it as your own conviction before God. How blessed is the person who has no reason to condemn himself because of what he approves!

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

So, even though I wrote to you, it wasn't because of the man who did the wrong or because of the man who was hurt. Instead, I wrote to you so that your devotion to us might be made perfectly clear to you before God.

Have you been thinking all along that we are trying to defend ourselves before you? We are speaking before God in the authority of the Messiah, and everything, dear friends, is meant to build you up.

(Before God, what I'm writing to you is the truth.)

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.