'Low' in the Bible

Then the man bowed low and worshiped the Lord.

And I bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son.

So the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped.

you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship.

So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the Lord.

When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

“The Lord makes poor and rich;He brings low, He also exalts.

Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and did homage to the Lord and to the king.

Then Ezra blessed the Lord the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,Or does the ox low over his fodder?

“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

“Behold, your expectation is false;Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

Arise, O Lord, confront him, bring him low;Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

Both low and high,Rich and poor together.

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;In the balances they go up;They are together lighter than breath.

Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us;Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,For we are brought very low.

The Lord preserves the simple;I was brought low, and He saved me.

Who remembered us in our low estate,For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

“Give heed to my cry,For I am brought very low;Deliver me from my persecutors,For they are too strong for me.

A man’s pride will bring him low,But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly.

“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’

And he will spread out his hands in the middle of itAs a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,But the Lord will lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.

The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

“For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city;He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

Then you will be brought low;From the earth you will speak,And from the dust where you are prostrateYour words will come.Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground,And your speech will whisper from the dust.

And it will hail when the forest comes down,And the city will be utterly laid low.

“Let every valley be lifted up,And every mountain and hill be made low;And let the rough ground become a plain,And the rugged terrain a broad valley;

Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”

thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high.

‘Every ravine will be filled,And every mountain and hill will be brought low;The crooked will become straight,And the rough roads smooth;

Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.