Thematic Bible: By bowing


Thematic Bible



And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,

And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.


And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth. And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain