Thematic Bible: Postures in


Thematic Bible




And He saith, 'No, for I am Prince of Jehovah's host; now I have come;' and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, 'What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?' Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence

and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces. Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthProstrationSackcloth And AshesStanding

and they fall on their faces, and say, 'God, God of the spirits of all flesh -- the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!' Verse ConceptsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedWill God Be Angry?venting


And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying, Verse ConceptsAttitudes, in prayerKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfRetirementSecret PrayerThrowing StonesSaying Repeatedly

for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens -- Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray, Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, In The ChurchI Pray For You


Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places. Verse ConceptsHandsNightPouringAll Night PrayersLifting HandsThings Like WaterPouring WaterFaintingTragedy On The StreetsYoung People SufferingBeginning Of PeriodsLike Water

Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Verse ConceptsPsalms As PrayersBeggarsHandsMost Holy PlaceLifting HandsPay Attention O God!supplication


And Solomon standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth his hands towards the heavens, Verse ConceptsAssemblyAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands



And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance, Verse ConceptsBowingWorship, Times ForBowing Heads Before GodHasty Actionadoration

And Jehoshaphat boweth -- face to the earth -- and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah, to bow themselves to Jehovah. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities Of