66 Bible Verses about Sitting
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And Jehovah will be seen to him at the oaks of Mamra: and he will sit at the entrance of his tent at the heat of the day.
And Jacob's spring was there. Then Jesus, wearied with the journey, sat thus by the spring: it was about the sixth hour.
And Pharaoh will hear this word, and he will seek to kill Moses. And Moses will flee from the face of Pharaoh, and he will dwell in the land of Midian: and he will sit down by the well.
And the hands of Moses were heavy; and they will take a stone and put under him, and he will sit upon it: and Aaron and Hur took hold upon his hands, one from here, and one from there; and his hands will be in firmness till the sun went forth.
And he went into the desert the way of a day, and he will come and sit under one broom-tree: and he will ask for his soul to die: and he will say, Much now, O Jehovah, Take my soul, for I am not good above my fathers.
Then comes Jesus with them into the place called Gethsemane, and says to the disciples, Sit here, till I, having gone, shall pray.
And they will rise early early on the morrow, and they will raise up a burnt-offering, and they will bring near peace; and the people will sit down to eat and drink, and they will rise up to play.
And which of you having a servant ploughing or feeding, who will say to him having come out of the field, Quickly having come, recline?
And they will sit down and eat, they two together, and drink: and the girl's father will say to the man, Be willing, now, and lodge, and do good to thy heart.
And Boaz will say to her, At the time of eating draw near hither and eat from the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she will sit by side of the reapers: and he will lay hold of the parched grain for her, and she will eat and be satisfied, and will leave.
And David will hide in the field: and it will be the new moon, and the king will sit down to the bread to eat
If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee.
And to the house of drinking thou shalt not go in to sit with them to eat and to drink.
And having encouraged the crowds to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves, and two fishes, and having looked up to heaven, he praised; and having broken, gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as has been written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain; and he having sat down, his disciples came to him. And having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,
And many crowds were assembled together to him; therefore having entered into the ship, he sat down, and all the crowd stood upon the sea shore.
And having sat down, he called the twelve, and says to them, If any wish to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.
And it was after three days they found him in the temple, sitting, in the midst of teachers, and bearing them, and inquiring of them.
And also a sister was to her, called Mary; and she having sat at Jesus' feet, heard his word.
And again in the morning he was present in the temple, and all the people came to him; and having sat down, he taught them.
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping.
And king David will come and sit before Jehovah, and say, Who am I Lord Jehovah? and who my house that thou broughtest me even to these?
And every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh sitting upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid which is behind the two mill-stones; and every first-born of quadruped.
Come, go in to king David, and say to him, My lord the king, didst thou not swear to thy servant, saying, That Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? and wherefore did Adonijah reign?
And Solomon will say, Thou didst with thy servant David, my father, great mercy, according as he went before thee in the truth and in justice and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou wilt watch for him this great mercy, and thou wilt give to him a son sitting upon his throne as this day.
And Jehovah will say to Johu, Because thou didst good to do the straight in mine eyes, according to all which was in my heart thou didst to the house of Ahab, thy son of the descendants of the fourth generation shall sit to thee upon the throne of Israel.
And he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall lift up the majesty, and he sat and ruled upon his throne: and he was priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them two.
And they said to him, Give us that we might sit, one from thy right hand, and one front thy left, in thy glory.
And he will say, For this, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him from his right hand and from his left
To the overseer for the lilies of the testimonies; to Asaph a chanting. O thou feeding Israel, give ear, guiding Joseph as sheep.; thou dwelling in the cherubs, shine forth.
In the year king Uzziah died, and I shall see Jehovah sitting upon his throne, high and lifted up, and his train filling the temple.
And Jesus says to him, Thou hast said: but I say to you, from henceforth ye shall see the Son of man, sitting from the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
And David himself says in the book of Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou from my right hand,
Who being the brightness of glory, and the figure of his foundation, and bearing all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty among the highest ones;
But this, having brought in one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Looking in the distance to Jesus the author and completer of the faith; who for the joy laid before him endured the cross, having despised the shame, and sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.
He conquering, will I give to him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
The twenty-four elders will fall before him sitting on the throne, and will worship him living forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
And crying with a great voice, saying, Salvation to our God sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb.
And it will be on the morrow, and Moses will sit to judge the people: and they will stand by Moses from the morning to the evening.
And when the Son of man should come in his glory, and all his holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And the king will rise and sit in the gate. And to all the people they announced, saying, Behold, the king sitting in the gate. And all the people will come before the king: and Israel fled a man to his tent
The king shall sit upon the throne of judgment scattering with his eyes all evil.
And for a spirit of judgment to him sitting upon the judgment, and for strength of them turning back the battle of the storm.
And the king's servant, the Cushite, a man, an eunuch, will hear, and he in the house of the king, that they gave Jeremiah to the pit; and the king sitting in the gate of Benjamin.
And the tribunal sat, and they shall take away his power to cut off and to destroy even to the end.
The nations shall be roused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will sit to judge all the nations from round about
And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.
That ye might eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and might sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then said Paul to him, God is about to strike thee, thou wall covered with dust: and sittest thou judging me according to law, and commanded me to be struck illegally?
And they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none terrifying: for the mouth of Jehovah of armies spake.
In that day, says Jehovah of armies, ye shall call each his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
From now shall the Son of man be sitting from the right hand of the power of God.
Which he performed in Christ, having raised him from the dead, and he sat on his right hand in the heavenlies,
And raised together, and seated together in heavenlies in Christ Jesus:
Topics on Sitting
God Sitting In Glory
Isaiah 6:1In the year king Uzziah died, and I shall see Jehovah sitting upon his throne, high and lifted up, and his train filling the temple.
People Sitting Down
John 6:10And Jesus said, Make the men recline. And there was much grass in the place. Then the men reclined, the number about five thousand.
Sitting At The Feet
Psalm 110:1To David a chanting. Jehovah spake to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand and I will set thine enemies the stool to thy feet
Sitting In Dejection
Lamentations 1:17Zion spread forth her hands, none comforting for her: Jehovah commanded for Jacob, his adversaries round about him: Jerusalem was for uncleanness within them.
Sitting In Fellowship
Exodus 32:6And they will rise early early on the morrow, and they will raise up a burnt-offering, and they will bring near peace; and the people will sit down to eat and drink, and they will rise up to play.
Sitting In Security
Micah 4:4And they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none terrifying: for the mouth of Jehovah of armies spake.
Sitting In The Gateway
Psalm 69:12They sitting in the gate will speak against me, and I was but the music of stringed instruments, of strong drink
Sitting To Teach
Deuteronomy 11:19And teach them to your sons to speak in them in thy resting in thy house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up