'Before God' in the Bible
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. And Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers. And they presented themselves before God.
And the people came to the house of God and stayed there until evening before God, and lifted up their voice and wept grievously,
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with lyres, and with harps, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
And they brought the ark of God and set it in the middle of the tent which David had pitched for it. And they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case before God.
Yea, you do away with fear, and take away prayer before God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?
For You have delivered my soul from death; have You not kept my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
He shall abide before God forever; prepare mercy and truth to preserve him.
But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God. Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.
They go from strength to strength, appearing in Zion before God.
For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to say a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.
But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he make his days longer like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.
With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?