66 Bible Verses about Sitting
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Later, the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks belonging to Mamre. As Abraham was sitting near the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day,
Jacob's Well was also there, and Jesus, tired out by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.
When Moses' hands became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.
and ran for a day's journey deep into the wilderness. He found a juniper tree, sat down under it, and prayed that he could die. He asked God, "Enough! LORD! Take my life, because I'm not better than my ancestors!"
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."
They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.
"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?
So both of them sat down for a bit, ate and drank together, and the young woman's father invited the man, "Please, enjoy yourself and spend another night."
At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over.
David hid in the field. When the New Moon arrived, the king sat down to eat.
Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you.
Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the hill. After taking his seat, his disciples came to him, and he began to teach them:
Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.
So he sat down, called the Twelve, and told them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
Three days later, they found him in the Temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and posing questions to them.
She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.
At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.
So the people went to Bethel, sat before God until dusk, where they cried out loud and wept bitterly.
and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the slave girl who operatesthe hand mill, along with the firstborn of the animals.
Go right now to King David and ask him, "Your majesty, you promised your servant that "Your son Solomon will certainly become king after me and will sit on my throne," didn't you? So why has Adonijah become king?'
Nevertheless, the LORD told Jehu, "Because you have done well in carrying out what I saw as the right thing to do by completing everything I had in mind regarding Ahab's dynasty, your sons will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."
Yes, he will indeed rebuild the Temple of the LORD, and he will exalt its majesty by sitting and ruling on his throne. He will serve as priest on his throne, and no contention will exist between them.
They asked him, "Let us sit in your glory, one on your right and one on your left."
But Micaiah responded, "Therefore, listen to what the LORD has to say. I saw the LORD, sitting on his throne, and the entire Heavenly Army was standing around him on his right hand and on his left hand.
God is king over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.
Shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who leads Joseph like a flock, the one enthroned on the cherubim, display your glory.
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple.
Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
Because David himself in the book of Psalms says, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty
But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, "he sat down at the right hand of God."
fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
To the one who conquers I will give a place to sit with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
the 24 elders bow down and worship in front of the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever. They throw their victor's crowns in front of the throne and say,
They cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!"
The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the army was informed, "The king is sitting in the gateway!" they all gathered together in his presence.
A king sits on a throne of justice, sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance.
and a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch in the king's house, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. The king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,
Nevertheless, the court will convene, and his authority will be removed, annulled, and destroyed forever.
"Let the nations be awakened and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; because I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."
so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."
At this Paul told him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"
Instead, each man will sit in the shade of his grape vines and beneath the shade of his fig tree," since theLORD of the Heavenly Armies has spoken.
At that time,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "you will invite each of your neighbors to join you under the vine and fig tree.'"
But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."
which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.
raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly realm in the Messiah Jesus,
Topics on Sitting
God Sitting In Glory
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple.
People Sitting Down
John 6:10Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was plenty of grass in that area, so they sat down, numbering about 5,000 men.
Sitting At The Feet
Psalm 110:1A declaration from the LORD to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool."
Sitting In Dejection
Lamentations 1:17Zion spreads out her hands; no one is there to comfort her. The LORD has issued an order against Jacob, that all who are around him are to be his enemies; Jerusalem has become unclean among them.
Sitting In Fellowship
Exodus 32:6They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.
Sitting In Security
Micah 4:4Instead, each man will sit in the shade of his grape vines and beneath the shade of his fig tree," since theLORD of the Heavenly Armies has spoken.
Sitting To Teach
Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, talking about them while sitting in your house, walking on the road, or when you are about to lie down or get up.