66 Bible Verses about Sitting
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And the LORD appeared unto him among the terebinth trees of Mamre; and he was sitting in the door of his tent in the heat of the day;
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well; and it was about the sixth hour.
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
And Moses' hands were heavy, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side; thus his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and desiring to die, he said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers.
Then Jesus came with them unto a place called Gethsemane and said unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play.
But which of you, having a slave plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by when he is come from the field, Go and sit down at the table?
And the two of them sat down together and ate and drank. And the damsel's father said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and thy heart shall be merry.
And Boaz said unto her at mealtime, Come here and eat of the bread and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and he gave her of the pottage, and she ate and was satisfied, and some was left over.
So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon was come, the king sat down to eat bread.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee;
In the same manner thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass and took the five loaves and the two fishes; and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him; and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
And a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship and sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
Then, sitting down, he called the twelve and said unto them, If anyone desires to be first, the same shall be last of all and servant of all.
And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word.
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down and taught them.
And the people came to the house of God and abode there until the evening before God and lifted up their voices and wept sore
Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, O Lord GOD, Who am I and what is my house that thou hast brought me thus far?
and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill and all the firstborn of beasts.
Go and enter in unto King David and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto 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 hast shown unto thy slave David, my father, great mercy, according to the way he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great mercy that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in my eyes and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.
He shall build the temple of the 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.
They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one at thy right hand and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.
Then he said, Hear thou, therefore, the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne and all the host of the heavens standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said it; nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven.
And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand
who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, is seated at the right hand of God,
with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross , despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with my Father in his throne.
the twenty-four elders fall down before him that is seated on the throne and worship him that lives for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation unto him who is seated upon the throne of our God and unto the Lamb.
And it came to pass another day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning unto the evening.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And it was declared unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled every man to his tent.
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits upon the throne of judgment, and for strength to those that turn the battle to the gate.
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king was then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,
And the Judge shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion to destroy and to cast out unto the end;
Let the Gentiles be wakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit to judge all the Gentiles round about.
When he was seated upon the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have 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 unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, for dost thou sit to judge me after the law and command me to be smitten contrary to the law?
But each one shall sit under their vine and under their fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the LORD of the hosts has spoken it.
In that day, saith the LORD of the hosts, each one of you shall call his neighbour under his vine and under his fig tree.
but from now on the Son of man shall sit on the right hand of the power of God.
which operated in the Christ, raising him from the dead and setting him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
and has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Topics on Sitting
God Sitting In Glory
Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
People Sitting Down
John 6:10Then 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 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Sitting In Dejection
Lamentations 1:17Pe Zion spread forth her hands and has no comforter; the LORD gave a commandment against Jacob that his enemies should besiege him; Jerusalem was an abomination in the midst of them.
Sitting In Fellowship
Exodus 32:6And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play.
Sitting In Security
Micah 4:4But each one shall sit under their vine and under their fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the LORD of the hosts has spoken it.
Sitting In The Gateway
Psalm 69:12They that sat in the gate spoke against me, and I was the song of the drunkards.
Sitting To Teach
Deuteronomy 11:19And ye shall teach them to your children that ye may think of them sitting in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up.