27 Bible Verses about People Sitting Down

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.

When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." So they sat down.

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.

After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.

Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.

And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.

When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?"

And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go over there and pray."

And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

And Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.

And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.

And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.