Thematic Bible: Obeisance


Thematic Bible



Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”


for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” They bowed down in homage.

Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.

And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.

Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth
And lick the dust of your feet;
And you will know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.


And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house;