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The servant then took
ten of his master's camels, and bearing all kinds of gifts from
his master, he made his way to the city of Nahor in Aram Naharaim.
Near evening, at the time when women go out to draw water, he made
the camels kneel by the well outside the city. Then he prayed:
"LORD, God of my master Abraham, let it turn out favorably
for me today and thus deal graciously with my master Abraham.
While I stand here at the spring and the daughters of the townsmen
are coming out to draw water, if I say to a girl, 'Please lower
your jug, that I may drink,' and she answers, 'Take a drink, and
let me give water to your camels, too,' let her be the one whom
you have decided upon for your servant Isaac. In this way I shall
know that you have dealt graciously with my master." [GEN
24:10-14]
It was Joseph, as governor of the country, who
dispensed the rations to all the people. When Joseph's brothers
came and knelt down before him with their faces to the ground, he
recognized them as soon as he saw them. But he concealed his own
identity from them and spoke sternly to them. "Where do you
come from?" he asked them. They answered, "From the land
of Canaan, to procure food." [Taken from GEN 42:6-7]
Then the LORD removed the veil from Balaam's
eyes, so that he too saw the angel of the LORD standing on the
road with sword drawn; and he fell on his knees and bowed to the
ground. [NUM 22:31]
The LORD said to Gideon, "There are still
too many soldiers. Lead them down to the water and I will test
them for you there. If I tell you that a certain man is to go with
you, he must go with you. But no one is to go if I tell you he
must not." When Gideon led the soldiers down to the water,
the LORD said to him, "You shall set to one side everyone who
laps up the water as a dog does with its tongue; to the other,
everyone who kneels down to drink." Those who lapped up the
water raised to their mouths by hand numbered three hundred, but
all the rest of the soldiers knelt down to drink the water. The
LORD said to Gideon, "By means of the three hundred who
lapped up the water I will save you and will deliver Midian into
your power. So let all the other soldiers go home." [JUDG 7:4-7]
When Solomon finished offering this entire
prayer of petition to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of
the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands outstretched
toward heaven. [1KGS 8:54]
After the earthquake there was fire - but the
LORD was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny
whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his
cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave. A voice said
to him, "Elijah, why are you here?" He replied, "I
have been most zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. But the
Israelites have forsaken your covenant, torn down your altars, and
put your prophets to the sword. I alone am left, and they seek to
take my life." "Go, take the road back to the desert
near Damascus," the LORD said to him. "When you arrive,
you shall anoint Hazael as king of Aram. Then you shall anoint
Jehu, son of Nimshi, as king of Israel, and Elisha, son of Shaphat
of Abel-meholah, as prophet to succeed you. If anyone escapes the
sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill him. If he escapes the sword if
Jehu, Elisha will kill him. Yet I will leave seven thousand men in
Israel - all those who have not knelt to Baal or kissed him."
[1KGS 19:12-18]
Again, for the third time, Ahaziah sent a
captain with his company of fifty men. When the third captain
arrived, he fell to his knees before Elijah, pleading with him.
"Man of God," he implored him, "let my life and the
lives of these fifty men, your servants, count for something in
your sight! Already fire has come down from heaven, consuming two
captains with their companies of fifty men. But now, let my life
mean something to you!" Then the angel of the LORD said to
Elijah, "Go down with him; you need not be afraid of
him." [2KGS 1:13-15]
Solomon then took his place before the altar of
the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel and
stretched forth his hands. He had made a bronze platform five
cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, which he had
placed in the middle of the courtyard. Having ascended it, Solomon
knelt in the presence of the whole of Israel and stretched forth
his hands toward heaven. Thus he prayed: "LORD, God of
Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth; you keep
your covenant and show kindness to your servants who are
wholeheartedly faithful to you. You have kept the promise you made
to my father David, your servant. With your own mouth you spoke
it, and by your own hand you have brought it to fulfillment this
day." [Taken from 2CHRON 6:12-15]
Then Jehoshaphat knelt down with his face to the
ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down
before the LORD in worship. Levites from among the Kohathites and
Korahites rose to sing the praises of the LORD, the God of Israel,
in a resounding chorus. [2CHRON 20:18-19]
The king and all
who were with him knelt and prostrated themselves. [Taken from
2CHRON 29:29]
I rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and
mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the
LORD, my God. I said: "My God, I am too ashamed and
confounded to raise my face to you, O my God, for our wicked deeds
are heaped up above our heads and our guilt reaches up to heaven.
From the time of our fathers even to this day great has been our
guilt, and for our wicked deeds we have been delivered over, we
and our kings and our priests, to the will of the kings of foreign
lands, to the sword, to captivity, to pillage, and to disgrace, as
is the case today." [Taken from EZRA 9:5-7]
After these events King Ahasuerus raised Haman,
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, to high rank, seating him above all
his fellow officials. All the king's servants who were at the
royal gate would kneel and bow down to Haman, for that is what the
king had ordered in his regard. Mordecai, however, would not kneel
and bow down. The king's servants who were at the royal gate said
to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's order?" When
they had reminded him day after day and he would not listen to
them, they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai's explanation
was acceptable, since he had told them that he was a Jew. When
Haman observed that Mordecai would not kneel and bow down to him,
he was filled with anger. Moreover, he thought it was not enough
to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Since they had told Haman of
Mordecai's nationality, he sought to destroy all the Jews,
Mordecai's people, throughout the realm of King Ahasuerus. [ESTH
3:1-6]
All the ends of the earth will worship and turn
to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you.
For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All
who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone
down into the dust will kneel in homage. [PS 22:28-30]
May he rule from sea to sea, from the river to
the ends of the earth. May his foes kneel before him, his enemies
lick the dust. May the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring
tribute, the kings of Arabia and Seba offer gifts. May all kings
bow before him, all nations serve him. For he rescues the poor
when they cry out, the oppressed who have no one to help. He shows
pity to the needy and the poor and saves the lives of the poor.
From extortion and violence he frees them, for precious is their
blood in his sight. [PS 72:8-14]
Enter, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel
before the LORD who made us. For this is our God, whose people we
are, God's well-tended flock. [Taken from PS 95:6-7]
Come and assemble, gather together, you
fugitives from among the gentiles! They are without knowledge who
bear wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save. Come here and
declare in counsel together: Who announced this from the beginning
and foretold it from of old? Was it not I, the LORD, besides whom
there is no other God? There is no just and saving God but me.
Turn to me and be safe, all you ends of the earth, for I am God;
there is no other! By myself I swear, uttering my just decree and
my unalterable word: To me every knee shall bend; by me every
tongue shall swear, Saying, "Only in the LORD are just deeds
and power. Before him in shame shall come all who vent their anger
against him. In the LORD shall be the vindication and the glory of
all the descendants of Israel." [ISA 45:20-25]
Even after Daniel heard that this law had been
signed, he continued his custom of going home to kneel in prayer
and give thanks to his God in the upper chamber three times a day,
with the windows open toward Jerusalem. [DAN 6:11]
While he was saying these things to them, an
official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, "My
daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she
will live." Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his
disciples... When Jesus arrived at the official's house and saw
the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion, he
said, "Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping." And
they ridiculed him. When the crowd was put out, he came and took
her by the hand, and the little girl arose. And news of this
spread throughout all that land. [Taken from MT 9:18-19, 23-26]
When they came to the crowd a man approached,
knelt down before him, and said, "Lord, have pity on my son,
for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into
fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but
they could not cure him." Jesus said in reply, "O
faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you?
How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me." Jesus
rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the
boy was cured. Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and
said, "Why could we not drive it out?" He said to them,
"Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you
have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this
mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing
will be impossible for you." [MT 17:14-20]
Then Peter approaching asked him, "Lord, if
my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many
as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not
seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of
heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts
with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was
brought before him who owed him a huge amount. Since he had no way
of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with
his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the
debt. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said,
'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.' Moved with
compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him
the loan. When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow
servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and
started to choke him, demanding, 'Pay back what you owe.' Falling
to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, 'Be patient with me,
and I will pay you back.' But he refused. Instead, he had him put
in prison until he paid back the debt. Now when his fellow
servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and
went to their master and reported the whole affair. His master
summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you
your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had
pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?' Then in anger
his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay
back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless
each of you forgives his brother from his heart." [MT 18:21-35]
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus
inside the praetorium and gathered the whole cohort around him.
They stripped off his clothes and threw a scarlet military cloak
about him. Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his
head, and a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they
mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" They spat
upon him and took the reed and kept striking him on the head. And
when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed
him in his own clothes, and led him off to crucify him. [MT 27:27-31]
A leper came to him (and kneeling down) begged
him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean."
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said
to him, "I do will it. Be made clean." The leprosy left
him immediately, and he was made clean. [Taken from MK 1:40-42]
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran
up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what
must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him,
"Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You
know the commandments: 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit
adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness;
you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.'"
He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have
observed from my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and
said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you
have, and give to (the) poor and you will have treasure in heaven;
then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and
he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around
and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have
wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were
amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is
easier for a camel to pass through (the) eye of (a) needle than
for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were
exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who
can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human
beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible
for God." [MK 10:17-27]
The soldiers led him away inside the palace,
that is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort. They
clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on
him. They began to salute him with, "Hail, King of the
Jews!" and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting
upon him. They knelt before him in homage. And when they had
mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in
his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. [MK 15:16-20]
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees
of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful
man." [LK 5:8]
Then going out he went, as was his custom, to
the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he
arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you may not
undergo the test." After withdrawing about a stone's throw
from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, "Father, if you
are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but
yours be done." (And to strengthen him an angel from heaven
appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently
that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.)
When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found
them sleeping from grief. He said to them, "Why are you
sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test."
[LK 22:39-46]
When they heard this, they were infuriated, and
they ground their teeth at him. But he, filled with the Holy Spirit,
looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus
standing at the right hand of God, and he said, "Behold, I
see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right
hand of God." But they cried out in a loud voice, covered
their ears, and rushed upon him together. They threw him out of
the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their
cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. As they were stoning
Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice,
"Lord, do not hold this sin against them"; and when he
said this, he fell asleep. [ACTS 7:54-60]
Now during those days she fell sick and died, so
after washing her, they laid (her) out in a room upstairs. Since
Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
sent two men to him with the request, "Please come to us
without delay." So Peter got up and went with them. When he
arrived, they took him to the room upstairs where all the widows
came to him weeping and showing him the tunics and cloaks that
Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter sent them all out
and knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to her body and said,
"Tabitha, rise up." She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and
sat up. He gave her his hand and raised her up, and when he had
called the holy ones and the widows, he presented her alive. This
became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.
[ACTS 9:37-42]
When he had finished speaking he knelt down and
prayed with them all. They were all weeping loudly as they threw
their arms around Paul and kissed him, for they were deeply
distressed that he had said that they would never see his face
again. Then they escorted him to the ship. [ACTS 20:36-38]
When we had taken leave of them we set sail,
made a straight run for Cos, and on the next day for Rhodes, and
from there to Patara. Finding a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we
went on board and put out to sea. We caught sight of Cyprus but
passed by it on our left and sailed on toward Syria and put in at
Tyre where the ship was to unload cargo. There we sought out the
disciples and stayed for a week. They kept telling Paul through
the Spirit not to embark for Jerusalem. At the end of our stay we
left and resumed our journey. All of them, women and children
included, escorted us out of the city, and after kneeling on the
beach to pray, we bade farewell to one another. Then we boarded
the ship, and they returned home. [ACTS 21:1-6]
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of
course not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of
the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he
foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah,
how he pleads with God against Israel? "Lord, they have
killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone
am left, and they are seeking my life." But what is God's
response to him? "I have left for myself seven thousand men
who have not knelt to Baal." So also at the present time
there is a remnant, chosen by grace. [Taken from ROM 11:1-5]
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies
for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die,
we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the
Lord's. For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he
might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Why then do you
judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother?
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is
written: "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend
before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So
(then) each of us shall give an account of himself (to God). [ROM
14:7-12]
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from
whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may
grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be
strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you,
rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with
all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and
depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him
who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by
the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in
Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. [EPH 3:14-21]
Have among yourselves the same attitude that is
also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather,
he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human
likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of
this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and
every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father. [PHIL 2:5-11]
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pray
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House
of God / House of the Lord [L6a]
tremble
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worship
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