35 Bible Verses about Sitting
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And Jacob's well was there. Therefore Jesus, weary with his journey, e'en sat himself down on the well: it was about the sixth hour.
Then cometh Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
But which of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, when he cometh from the field, will say immediately, Come, sit down at table?
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Neither be ye idolaters as some of them; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport themselves."
THEN seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and seating himself, his disciples came to him: and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying,
And vast multitudes were gathered together unto him, insomuch that he entered into a vessel to be seated; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
And when he was seated, he called the twelve, and saith to them, If any man desires to be the first, let him be last of all, and servant of all.
And it came to pass after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.
And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting down also at the feet of Jesus, hearkened to his discourse.
But early in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people came to him; and sitting down he taught them.
They say unto him, Grant us to sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy glory.
Jesus saith to him, Thou hast spoken [the fact]. Moreover I tell you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Yet David himself, in the book of Psalms, saith, "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit down at my right hand,
who being the splendour of his glory, and the very impress of his substance, and upholding all things with his powerful word, by himself having effected the cleansing of our sins, he sat down at the right hand of Majesty on high;
but this person, having offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever hath seated himself at the right hand of God;
earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit on my throne, as I also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
the four and twenty presbyters prostrate themselves before him who is Seated on the throne, and worship him who liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
and crying with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb.
But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
Then, as he was sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent a message to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous person; for I have suffered much to-day in a dream on his account.
that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then said Paul unto him, God is ready to smite thee, thou whited wall: for art thou sitting to judge me according to the law, and violating that law, commandest me to be smitten?
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit at the right hand of the power of God.
which he displayed in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions,
and hath raised us up together with him, and made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ Jesus.
Topics on Sitting
God Sitting In Glory
Revelation 5:13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those who are on the sea, and all things which are therein, heard I, saying, To him who is seated on the throne, and to the lamb, be blessing, and honour, and glory, and might for ever and ever.
People Sitting Down
John 6:10Then said Jesus, Make the men sit down. For there was plenty of grass on the spot. Therefore the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Sitting At The Feet
Luke 8:35And they came out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man sitting, from whom the devils were gone out, clothed, and in his sound mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.
Sitting In Dejection
Matthew 4:16the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death, even on them hath the light arisen."
Sitting In Fellowship
1 Corinthians 10:7Neither be ye idolaters as some of them; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to sport themselves."
Sitting In Security
Ephesians 2:6and hath raised us up together with him, and made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ Jesus.
Sitting In The Gateway
Acts 3:2when a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were entering into the temple;