'Before God' in the Bible

and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

And the messenger answering said to him, 'I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;

And he said to them, 'What things?' And they said to him, 'The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man -- a prophet -- powerful in deed and word, before God and all the people,