Thematic Bible: Postures in


Thematic Bible




He said, "No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh's army." Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?" Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

They fell on their faces, and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?" Verse ConceptsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedWill God Be Angry?venting


He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed, Verse ConceptsAttitudes, in prayerKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfRetirementSecret PrayerThrowing StonesSaying Repeatedly

(for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;) Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, In The ChurchI Pray For You


Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street. Verse ConceptsHandsNightPouringAll Night PrayersLifting HandsThings Like WaterPouring WaterFaintingTragedy On The StreetsYoung People SufferingBeginning Of PeriodsLike Water

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. Verse ConceptsPsalms As PrayersBeggarsHandsMost Holy PlaceLifting HandsPay Attention O God!supplication


Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; Verse ConceptsAssemblyAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands



Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. Verse ConceptsBowingWorship, Times ForBowing Heads Before GodHasty Actionadoration

Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities Of