70 Bible Verses about Bowing

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Genesis 42:6

And Joseph was the potentate over the land. He was the one selling to all the people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down themselves before him, their faces to the earth.

2 Samuel 1:2

on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes torn and earth upon his head. And it happened when he came to David, he fell to the earth and bowed to him.

Psalm 72:9

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him; and His enemies shall lick the dust.

Genesis 33:3

And he passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Genesis 43:26-28

And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them as to their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive? And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.

Genesis 49:8

Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you.

Exodus 11:8

And all these, your servants, shall come down to me and bow themselves down to me, saying, You and all the people that follow you get out. And after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

Exodus 18:7

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

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a piece of bread. And they shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.

1 Samuel 24:8

And David arose afterward and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And Saul looked behind him. And David bowed his face to the earth and prostrated himself.

1 Samuel 25:23

And Abigail saw David and hurried and dismounted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was so, when any man came near to bow down to him, he put forth his hand and took him and kissed him.

2 Samuel 18:28

And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, Peace! And he fell down upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be Jehovah your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

1 Kings 1:16

And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you?

1 Chronicles 21:21

And David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. And he went out of the threshing-floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nurses. They shall bow to you, faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Jehovah; by whom they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.

Genesis 18:2

And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed toward the ground.

Genesis 19:1

And there came two angels to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet them when he saw them. And he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,

Numbers 22:31

Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and His sword drawn in His hand. And he bowed down his head, and fell on his face.

Luke 24:5

And as they were afraid, and bowed their faces down to the earth, they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the sons of Israel, and that He had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 20:18

And Jehoshaphat bowed his face to the ground. And all Judah and the people of Jerusalem fell before Jehovah, worshiping Jehovah.

Genesis 17:3

And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 24:26

And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the Lord.

Exodus 12:27

Then you shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed and worshiped.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses made haste and bowed toward the earth, and worshiped.

Deuteronomy 26:10

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which You, O Jehovah, have given me. And you shall set it before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, He loved the people. All His saints are in Your hand, and they sat down at Your feet. Everyone shall receive of Your words.

1 Kings 1:47

And also the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

2 Kings 17:36

but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, you shall fear Him, and you shall worship Him, and you shall do sacrifice to Him.

1 Chronicles 29:20

And David said to all the congregation, Now bless Jehovah your God! And all the congregation blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed and worshiped Jehovah, and bowed to the king.

2 Chronicles 29:28

And all the congregation worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this went on until the burnt offering was finished.

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, amen, lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

Isaiah 66:23

And it will be, from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before Me, says Jehovah.

Psalm 5:7

But I, in the abundance of Your grace, I will come into Your house; I will worship in Your fear toward Your holy temple.

Psalm 138:2

I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth's sake; for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name.

Exodus 32:8

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, who have brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 17:16

And they left all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made molten images, two calves, for themselves. And they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Isaiah 2:8

And their land is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Numbers 25:2

And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Deuteronomy 29:26

For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods whom they did not know, and who had not given to them any portion.

2 Kings 21:3

For he built up again the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed. And he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did. And he worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Chronicles 25:14

And it happened after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the sons of Seir and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them and burned incense to them.

Isaiah 44:17

And the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image; he falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me! for you are my god.

Ezekiel 8:16

And He brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they bowed themselves eastward to the sun.

Micah 5:13

I will also cut off your graven images, and your pillars out of the midst of you; and you shall never again worship the work of your hands.

Philippians 2:10

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth;

Matthew 8:2

And behold, a leper came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if You will, You can make me clean.

Matthew 9:18

While He spoke these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, My daughter has just now died. But come and lay Your hand on her and she will live.

Matthew 15:25

Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, help me!

Matthew 27:29

And plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mark 10:17

And when He had gone out into the way, one came running up and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

Luke 17:16

And he fell down on his face at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

Psalm 35:14

As a friend, as to my brother, I walked; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down, mourning.

Psalm 145:14

Jehovah upholds all who fall, and raises up all those bowed down.

Psalm 38:6

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they send up dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

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Bowing » In obeisance

Genesis 37:7

For behold! We were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And behold, your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf.

Genesis 43:28

And they answered, Your servant, our father, is in good health. He is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.

Exodus 18:7

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

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was so, when any man came near to bow down to him, he put forth his hand and took him and kissed him.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nurses. They shall bow to you, faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Jehovah; by whom they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.

More verses: Matthew 2:11 Luke 8:41

Bowing » What not to bow down before

Exodus 23:24

You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them. And you shall not do according to their works. But you shall surely pull them down, and surely you shall smash their images.

Exodus 20:2-5

I am Jehovah your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make to yourselves any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. read more.
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,

Leviticus 26:1

You shall make no idols to yourselves; and you shall not set up for yourselves graven images, or a memorial pillar. And you shall not set up any image of stone in your land in order to bow down to it. For I am Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 5:6-9

I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods besides Me. You shall not make a graven image for you, any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters beneath the earth. read more.
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me,

Joshua 23:6-7

And be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the Law of Moses, so that you do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left; so that you do not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them.

Bowing » Everyone bowing before the lord

Philippians 2:9-11

Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and has given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Psalm 22:28-29

For the kingdom is Jehovah's; and He is the ruler among the nations. All the fat ones on the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; and none can keep alive his own soul.

Isaiah 45:22-23

Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Romans 14:11

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

Bowing » In prayer

Genesis 24:26

And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the Lord.

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the sons of Israel, and that He had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed and worshiped.

Exodus 12:27

Then you shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed and worshiped.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses made haste and bowed toward the earth, and worshiped.

Bowing » Why you should bow down to God the father

Ephesians 3:14-16

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;

Bowing » Who bows before the good

Proverbs 14:19

The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Bowing » Bowing before the lord

Bowing » In worship

2 Chronicles 7:3

And when all the sons of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah on the house, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised Jehovah, saying, For He is good, for His mercy endures forever.

Idolatry » Other customs of » Bowing

1 Kings 19:18

Yet I have left seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

2 Kings 5:18

In this thing may Jehovah pardon your servant, that when my master goes to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he is supported by my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon; when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Jehovah pardon your servant in this thing.

Prayer » Postures in prayer » Bowing

Genesis 24:26

And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the Lord.

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the sons of Israel, and that He had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed and worshiped.

Exodus 12:27

Then you shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed and worshiped.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses made haste and bowed toward the earth, and worshiped.

Worship » Postures in » Bowing

Exodus 34:8

And Moses made haste and bowed toward the earth, and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 20:18

And Jehoshaphat bowed his face to the ground. And all Judah and the people of Jerusalem fell before Jehovah, worshiping Jehovah.

Topics on Bowing

Bowing Before David

1 Samuel 25:23

And Abigail saw David and hurried and dismounted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

Bowing Before Joseph

Genesis 37:7

For behold! We were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And behold, your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf.

Bowing To False Gods

2 Kings 17:35

And Jehovah had made a covenant and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,

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