Nehemiah 8:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:26

And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;

1 Chronicles 16:36

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:10

So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:20

And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.

2 Chronicles 20:18

Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

2 Chronicles 29:30

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

2 Chronicles 6:4

And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

Nehemiah 5:13

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

Nehemiah 8:7

And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places.

Psalm 134:2

Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.

Psalm 28:2

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

Psalm 41:13

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

Psalm 63:4

So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

Psalm 95:3

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

Exodus 12:27

Then you will say, This is the offering of the Lord's Passover; for he went over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he sent death on the Egyptians, and kept our families safe. And the people gave worship with bent heads.

Exodus 4:31

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.

Jeremiah 28:6

The prophet Jeremiah said, So be it: may the Lord do so: may the Lord give effect to the words which you have said, and let the vessels of the Lord's house, and all the people who have been taken away, come back from Babylon to this place.

Lamentations 3:41

Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

Leviticus 9:24

And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.

Matthew 26:39

And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

Matthew 6:13

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

1 Corinthians 14:16

For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?

Ephesians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

1 Timothy 2:8

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,