Thematic Bible: Postures in
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Prayer » Postures in » Falling on the face
Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."
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He answered, "Truly I am the commander of the Lord's army. Now I have arrived!" Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked, "What does my master want to say to his servant?"
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David looked up and saw the Lord's messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
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Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?"
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Prayer » Postures in » Kneeling
Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord, our creator!
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He went away from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed,
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Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,
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When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.
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Prayer » Postures in » Lifting up the hands
So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
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(Qof) Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children's lives; they are fainting at every street corner.
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Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!
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Prayer » Postures in » Standing
Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."
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Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.
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Prayer » Postures in » Spreading forth the hands
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
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Prayer » Postures in » Bowing down
Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord, our creator!
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Worship » Postures in » Bowing
Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped
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Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him.
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