22 Bible Verses about Spoken Greetings

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other's welfare, and then they went into the tent.

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.

Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "May the Lord be with you!" They replied, "May the Lord bless you!"

Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

he sent ten servants, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.

The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!"

But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

and entered Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

They began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in the face.

But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him.

After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.