65 Bible Verses about Sitting
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And LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied from the journey, thus was sitting on the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
But Moses' hands were heavy. And they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. And his hands were steady until the going do
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my
Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, Sit ye here until, after going, I may pray there.
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to revel.
But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down?
So they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the damsel's father said to the man, Be pleased, I pray thee, to tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.
And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left of it.
So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
And thou shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
And after commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looking up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken them in pieces, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the
Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.
And having seen the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. And when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,
And many multitudes were gathered to him, so as for him (having entered in) to sit in the boat, and all the multitude had stood on the shore.
And having sat down, he called the twelve, and he says to them, If any man wants to be first, he will be last of all, and helper of all.
And it came to pass after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and questioning them.
And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word.
And at early morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. And having sat down, he taught them.
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly.
Then David the king went in, and sat before LORD. And he said, Who am I, O lord LORD, and what is my house, that thou have brought me thus far?
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill, and all the first-born of cattle.
Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Did thou not, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?
And Solomon said, Thou have shown to thy servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee. And thou have kept for him this great
And LORD said to Jehu, Because thou have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, [and] have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne o
even he shall build the temple of LORD. And he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne. And he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and one at thy left hand, in thy glory.
And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of LORD. I saw LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who lead Joseph like a flock. Thou who sit [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Jesus says to him, Thou have said. Nevertheless I say to you, Henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of the sky.
Even David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
Who, being the radiance of his glory, and the exact image of his essence, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of our sins through himself, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the
But this man, having offered one sacrifice on behalf of sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
the twenty-four elders would fall down before him who sits on the throne, and would worship him who lives into the ages of the ages, and would cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
and crying out in a great voice, saying, Salvation is in our God who sits upon the throne, and in the Lamb!
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning to the evening.
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.
And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, There is nothing for thee and that righteous man. For I suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then Paul said to him, God is going to smite thee, a whitewashed wall. Thou even sit judging me according to the law, and violating law, thou command me to be struck?
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid. For the mouth of LORD of hosts has spoken it.
In that day, says LORD of hosts, ye shall invite each man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
From henceforth the Son of man will be sitting at the right hand of the power of God.
which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things,
and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenly things in Christ Jesus.
Topics on Sitting
God Sitting In Glory
Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
People Sitting Down
John 6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Sitting At The Feet
Psalm 110:1LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Sitting In Dejection
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD; neither be ye grieved, for the joy of LORD is your strength.
Sitting In Fellowship
Exodus 32:6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to revel.
Sitting In Security
Micah 4:4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid. For the mouth of LORD of hosts has spoken it.
Sitting In The Gateway
Psalm 69:12Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Sitting To Teach
Deuteronomy 11:19And ye shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.