19 Bible Verses about God Going Down

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord.

Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

“He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.

When You did awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.

Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.

For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in heaven and in the earth?

Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

John testified saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’