'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,

and Peter and John answering unto them said, 'Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

for not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before God;

Thou hast faith! to thyself have it before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon his face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

Again, think ye that to you we are making defence? before God in Christ do we speak; and the all things, beloved, are for your up-building,

and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

And the things that I write to you, lo, before God -- I lie not;

for this is right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.

I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,

I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,

and I saw the seven messengers who before God have stood, and there were given to them seven trumpets,

and go up did the smoke of the perfumes to the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the messenger, before God;

And the sixth messenger did sound, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God,

and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,

And it came -- the great city -- into three parts, and the cities of the nations did fall, and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His anger,

And fall down did the elders -- the twenty and four -- and the four living creatures, and they did bow before God who is sitting upon the throne, saying, 'Amen, Alleluia.'

and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, 'See -- not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'

and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;

and he saith to me, 'See -- not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'