'Before God' in the Bible

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.

David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.

They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you," says the LORD.

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God's house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.

Then Ezra rose up from before God's house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before God's house, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

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, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Now it happened, while he was performing the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not judge himself in that which he approves.

that no flesh might boast before God.

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."

I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

I command you therefore before God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his Kingdom:

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

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

The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,