Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
Made obeisance
General references
Bible References
Made obeisance
Exodus 18:7
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down [in respect] and kissed him. They asked each other about their well-being and went into the tent.
2 Samuel 1:2
On the third day a man came [unexpectedly] from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head [as in mourning]. When he came to David, he bowed to the ground and lay himself face down [in an act of great respect and submission].
2 Samuel 14:4
When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she bowed with her face to the ground and lay herself down, and said, “Help, O king.”
1 Kings 1:16
So Bathsheba bowed down and paid respect to the king. And the king said, “What do you wish?”
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the officials of Judah came and bowed down to King Joash; then the king listened to them.
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Proverbs 14:19
The evil will bow down before the good,
And the wicked [will bow down] at the gates of the righteous.
The evil will bow down before the good,
And the wicked [will bow down] at the gates of the righteous.