26 Bible Verses about In Men's Presence

to give me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me in your presence, for the full price, as a burial place.”

Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham:

“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

and said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, “Please listen to me. Let me pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the presence of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver at the current commercial rate.

Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city.

If you find your gods with anyone here, he will not live! Before our relatives, point out anything that is yours and take it.” Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

You’ve searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours? Put it here before my relatives and yours, and let them decide between the two of us.

So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he did before.

“It is I,” he replied. “Go tell your lord, ‘Elijah is here!’”

“Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here!”’

Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here!”’ He will kill me!”

You have prepared it
in the presence of all peoples—

But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Don’t harm yourself, because all of us are here!”

For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.

When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way.

For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

Such a person should consider this: What we are in the words of our letters when absent, we will be in actions when present.

This is why I am writing these things while absent, that when I am there I will not use severity, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

Now it is always good to be enthusiastic about good—and not just when I am with you.

I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Don’t you remember that when I was still with you I told you about this?

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”