70 Bible Verses about Bowing

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Genesis 42:6

And Joseph, he the ruler over the land, and he selling grain to all the people of the earth; and Joseph's brethren will come, and will worship before him the face to the earth.

2 Samuel 1:2

And it will be in the third day, and behold, a man came from the camp from Saul, and his garments rent and dust upon his head: and it will be in his coming to David and he will fall to the earth and worship him.

Psalm 72:9

Inhabitants of the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust

Genesis 33:3

And he passed through before them, and he will bow himself upon the earth seven times till he brought himself near to his brother.

Genesis 43:26-28

And Joseph will come to his house and they will bring to him the gift which is in their hand to the house, and they will worship towards him to the earth. And he will ask them concerning peace, and he will say, Is it peace to your father, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet living? And they will say, Peace to thy servant to our father, he is yet living: and they will bow down and worship.

Genesis 49:8

Judah, thee, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand upon the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall worship before thee.

Exodus 11:8

And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and worship to me, saying, Go forth, thou, and all the people which are at thy feet: and after this I will go forth. And he will go forth from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

Exodus 18:7

And Moses will go forth to the meeting of his father-in-law, and will worship him and kiss him: and they will ask each his friend of peace; and they will come into the tent.

Ruth 2:10

And she will fall upon her face and worship to the earth, and she will say to him, Wherefore did I find favor in thine eyes, and thou didst recognize me, and I a stranger?

1 Samuel 2:36

And it was all being left in thy house shall go to worship to him for a piece of silver and a round of bread; and he said, Add me to one of the priesthoods to eat a morsel of bread.

1 Samuel 24:8

And David will rise up after him and will come forth from the cave, and he will call after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And Saul will look behind him, and David will bow down his face to the earth, and worship him.

1 Samuel 25:23

And Abigail will see David, and will hasten, and will come down from the ass, and fall before David upon her face, and will worship him to the earth.

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was in a man's coming near to worship to him, and he stretched forth his hand and laid hold of him, and kissed him.

2 Samuel 18:28

And Ahimaaz will call and say to the king, Peace. And he will worship to the king upon the face to the earth, and he will say, Blessed Jehovah thy God who shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

1 Kings 1:16

And Bath-sheba will bow and worship to the king, and the king will say, What to thee?

1 Chronicles 21:21

And David will go even to Ornan, and Ornan will look and see David, and he will go forth from the threshing-floor, and he will worship to David, the face to the earth.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings were thy supporters, and princesses thy nurses: their faces to the earth they shall worship to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up; and thou knewest that I Jehovah, that they shall not be ashamed waiting for me.

Genesis 18:2

And he shall lift up his eyes and shall see, and behold, three men stood by him: and he will see and will run to meet them from the door of the tent, and will bow himself to the earth.

Genesis 19:1

And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth.

Numbers 22:31

And Jehovah will uncover the the eyes of Balsam, and he will see the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and he will bow down and worship upon his face.

Luke 24:5

And they having, been afraid, and bending the face to the earth, they said to them, Why seek ye the living with the dead

Exodus 4:31

And the people will believe: and they will hear that Jehovah reviewed the sons of Israel, and that he saw their affliction, and they will bow down and worship.

2 Chronicles 20:18

And Jehoshaphat will bow down the face to the earth: and all Judah and those inhabiting Jerusalem fell before Jehovah to worship to Jehovah.

Genesis 17:3

And Abram will fall upon his face, and God will speak to him, saying,

Genesis 24:26

And the man will bow down and prostrate himself to Jehovah.

Exodus 12:27

And they said, This the sacrifice of the passing over to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt in his striking the Egyptians, and he delivered our houses. And the people will bow down and will worship.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses will hasten and bow down to the earth, and will worship

Deuteronomy 26:10

And now, behold, I brought the first-fruits of the earth that thou Jehovah gave to me: and set thou it before Jehovah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Surely, he loved the peoples; all his holy ones in thy hand: they lay down at thy foot; and he will take of thy words.

1 Kings 1:47

And also the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying. Thy God will do good to the name of Solomon above thy name, and he will magnify his throne above thy throne. And the king will worship upon the bed.

2 Kings 17:36

But Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an extended arm, him shall ye fear, and to him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye sacrifice.

1 Chronicles 29:20

And David will say to all the convocation, Praise ye now Jehovah your God. And all the convocation will praise to Jehovah the God of their fathers, and they will bow down and worship to God and the king.

2 Chronicles 29:28

And all the convocation worshiping, and the song singing, and the trumpets trumpeting: the whole even to finishing the burnt-offering.

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra will praise Jehovah the great God: and all the people will answer, Amen, Amen, in lifting up their hands: and they will bow down and worship to Jehovah, with faces to the earth.

Isaiah 66:23

And it was as often as the new moon in its new moon, and as often as the Sabbath in its Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says Jehovah.

Psalm 138:2

I will worship to thy holy temple, and I will praise thy name for thy mercy and for thy truth: for thou didst magnify thy word over all thy name.

Exodus 32:8

For they turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them: they made for them a molten calf, and worship to it, and will sacrifice to it, and will say, These thy gods, Israel, which raised thee up out of the land of Egypt

2 Kings 17:16

And they will forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten thing, two Calves; and they will make images, and they will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve Baal.

Isaiah 2:8

And their land will be full of nothings; they will worship to the work of their hand, to what their fingers made:

Numbers 25:2

And she called the people to the sacrifices of their God: and the people will eat and will worship to their God.

Deuteronomy 29:26

And they will go and serve other gods, and will worship to them gods which they knew them not, and a portion not to them.

2 Kings 21:3

And he will turn back and build the heights which Hezekiah his father destroyed; and he will raise up altars to Baal, and make a statue as did Ahab king of Israel; and he will worship to all the army of the heavens, and serve' them.

2 Chronicles 25:14

And it will be after Amaziah came from the smiting of the Edomites, and he will bring the gods of the sons of Seir, and he will set them up to him for gods, and worship before them, and burn incense to them.

Isaiah 44:17

And its remainder he made for a god, for his carved image: he will fall down to it, and he will worship and pray to it, and say, Deliver me, for thou my god.

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me to the enclosure of the house of Jehovah within, and behold, a door of the temple of Jehovah, and between the porch and between the altar, about twenty and five men, their backs to the temple, and their faces to the east; and they worshiping the east to the sun.

Micah 5:13

And I cut off thy carved images and thy statues from the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands.

Philippians 2:10

That in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of the heavenlies, and of terrestrial things, and things under earth

Matthew 8:2

And, behold, a leper, having come, worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.

Matthew 9:18

He speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler, having come, worshipped him, saying; That my daughter has just now died: but having come, put thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

Matthew 15:25

And she, having come, worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Matthew 27:29

And having twined a crown of thorns, they put upon, his head: and a reed upon his right hand: and having fallen upon the knees before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mark 10:17

And he going in the way, one running and having fallen upon his knees, asked him, Good teacher, What shall I do that I might inherit eternal life

Luke 17:16

And he fell upon the face at his feet, thanking him: and he was a Samaritan.

Psalm 35:14

As a friend, as a brother to me: I went about as mourning a mother: being darkened, I bowed down.

Psalm 145:14

Jehovah upholds to all falling, and raises up for all bowed down.

Psalm 38:6

My stripes became loathsome: they flowed from the face of my folly.

Psalm 57:6

They prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bent down: they dug a pit before me, they fell into the midst of it. Silence.

Lamentations 2:10

They sat upon the earth; the old men of the daughter of Zion were silent; they brought up the dust upon their head: they girded on sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem brought down their head to the earth.

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Bowing » In obeisance

Genesis 37:7

And behold, we binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood; and behold your sheaves will turn about and will worship to my sheaf.

Genesis 43:28

And they will say, Peace to thy servant to our father, he is yet living: and they will bow down and worship.

Exodus 18:7

And Moses will go forth to the meeting of his father-in-law, and will worship him and kiss him: and they will ask each his friend of peace; and they will come into the tent.

2 Samuel 15:5

And it was in a man's coming near to worship to him, and he stretched forth his hand and laid hold of him, and kissed him.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings were thy supporters, and princesses thy nurses: their faces to the earth they shall worship to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up; and thou knewest that I Jehovah, that they shall not be ashamed waiting for me.

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Bowing » What not to bow down before

Exodus 23:24

Thou shalt not worship to their gods, and thou shalt not serve them, and thou shalt not do according to their works: for destroying, thou shalt destroy them, and breaking, thou shalt break in pieces their pillars.

Exodus 20:2-5

I am Jehovah thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants. There shall be no other God to thee to my face. Thou shalt not make to thee a carved image, and every appearance that is in the heavens above, and that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth. read more.
Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them: for I am Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth, to them hating me;

Leviticus 26:1

Ye shall not make to yourselves vain things, and carving, and a pillar ye shall not set up to you, and a stone of imagery ye shall not give in your land, to worship upon it: for I Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 5:6-9

I Jehovah thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of servants. There shall not be to thee other gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thee a carved thing, any appearance that is in the heavens from above, and which is in the earth underneath, and that is in the waters under the earth: read more.
Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them; for I Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and the fourth for hating me,

Joshua 23:6-7

And be strong greatly to watch and to do all written in the book of the law of Moses, so as not to turn away from it to the right or to the left; So as not to come among these nations, these being left with you; and ye shall not make mention of the name of their gods, and ye shall not swear, and ye shall not serve them, and ye shall not worship to them:

Bowing » Everyone bowing before the lord

Philippians 2:9-11

Wherefore God has also exceedingly exalted him, and favored him as a gift with a name above every name: That in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of the heavenlies, and of terrestrial things, and things under earth And every tongue should avow that the Lord is Jesus Christ, to the glory of the Father.

Psalm 22:28-29

For to Jehovah the kingdom, and he rules among the nations. All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship before him, and all they going down to dust shall bow down, and he preserved not alive his soul.

Isaiah 45:22-23

Look to me all ye ends of the earth and be saved, for I am God, and none else. By myself I sware the word, justice went forth out of my mouth, and shall not turn back, That to me every knee shall bend, every tongue shall swear.

Romans 14:11

For it has been written, I live, says the Lord, for to me shall every knee bend, and every tongue acknowledge to God.

Bowing » In prayer

Genesis 24:26

And the man will bow down and prostrate himself to Jehovah.

Exodus 4:31

And the people will believe: and they will hear that Jehovah reviewed the sons of Israel, and that he saw their affliction, and they will bow down and worship.

Exodus 12:27

And they said, This the sacrifice of the passing over to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt in his striking the Egyptians, and he delivered our houses. And the people will bow down and will worship.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses will hasten and bow down to the earth, and will worship

Bowing » Why you should bow down to God the father

Ephesians 3:14-16

For this I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom all the family in the heavens and upon earth is named, That he might give to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the interior man;

Bowing » Who bows before the good

Proverbs 14:19

The evil bowed before the good, and the unjust at the gates of the just one.

Bowing » Bowing before the lord

Bowing » In worship

2 Chronicles 7:3

And all the sons of Israel seeing in the fire coming down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, and they will bow down their faces to the earth upon the tesselated pavement, and they will worship and praise to Jehovah, for he is for his mercy is forever.

Idolatry » Other customs of » Bowing

1 Kings 19:18

And I left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees which bowed not to Baal, and every mouth which kissed him not

2 Kings 5:18

For this word will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in the going of my lord to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaning upon my hand, and I worshiped in the house of Rimmon: in my worshiping in the house of Rimmon now will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in this word?

Prayer » Postures in prayer » Bowing

Genesis 24:26

And the man will bow down and prostrate himself to Jehovah.

Exodus 4:31

And the people will believe: and they will hear that Jehovah reviewed the sons of Israel, and that he saw their affliction, and they will bow down and worship.

Exodus 12:27

And they said, This the sacrifice of the passing over to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt in his striking the Egyptians, and he delivered our houses. And the people will bow down and will worship.

Exodus 34:8

And Moses will hasten and bow down to the earth, and will worship

Worship » Postures in » Bowing

Exodus 34:8

And Moses will hasten and bow down to the earth, and will worship

2 Chronicles 20:18

And Jehoshaphat will bow down the face to the earth: and all Judah and those inhabiting Jerusalem fell before Jehovah to worship to Jehovah.

Topics on Bowing

Bowing Before David

1 Samuel 25:23

And Abigail will see David, and will hasten, and will come down from the ass, and fall before David upon her face, and will worship him to the earth.

Bowing Before Joseph

Genesis 37:7

And behold, we binding sheaves in the midst of the field; and behold, my sheaf arose, and also stood; and behold your sheaves will turn about and will worship to my sheaf.

Bowing To False Gods

2 Kings 17:35

And Jehovah cut out a covenant with them, and he commanded them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, and ye shall not worship to them, and ye shall not serve them, and ye shall not sacrifice to them.

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