Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

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Bible References

I fell

2 Chronicles 6:13
For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits square and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, and he knelt down on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven,
Psalm 95:6

O come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].
Luke 22:41
And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,
Acts 21:5
When our days there came to an end, we left and proceeded on our journey, while all of the disciples, with their wives and children, escorted us on our way until we were outside the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we told one another goodbye.
Ephesians 3:14
For this reason [grasping the greatness of this plan by which Jews and Gentiles are joined together in Christ] I bow my knees [in reverence] before the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],

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Exodus 9:29
Moses said to him, “As soon as I leave the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease and there will be no more hail, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that the earth is the Lord’s.
1 Kings 8:22
Then Solomon stood [in the courtyard] before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
Psalm 143:6

I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
Isaiah 1:15

“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!

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Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.