Thematic Bible: Obeisance


Thematic Bible



Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?" Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before David

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!" Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsBinding cornGrainJoining ThingsBowing Before JosephReapingPeople Getting Upvulnerability

"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility. Verse ConceptsBowing Before JosephLiving On

Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other's welfare, and then they went into the tent. Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings

When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him. Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingKisses

Kings will be your children's guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame. Verse ConceptsFeetAssurance, basis ofBowingDust, Figurative UseHope, Results OfProstrationStomachsKings, How They Should ActNot Put To ShameHope For The RighteousMothersDisappointmentMotherhoodTaking Care Of The Earth


Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus' feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house, Verse ConceptsFeetBowing Before MessiahThose Jesus Healed

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