Nehemiah 8:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Ezra praised the Lord, the great God, and all the people held up their hands and said, “Amen! Amen!” Then all the people bowed down and put their faces low to the ground and they worshiped the Lord.

Cross References

1 Timothy 2:8

I want the men everywhere to pray. Men who lift their hands in prayer must be devoted to God and pleasing to him. They must be men who keep themselves from getting angry and having arguments.

Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to the God of heaven.

Exodus 4:31

and they believed what they had heard. Then the Israelites understood that the Lord had seen their troubles and had come to help them. So they bowed down and worshiped God.

2 Chronicles 20:18

Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground. And all the people of Judah and Jerusalem bowed down before the Lord and worshiped him.

Revelation 7:11

The elders and the four living beings were there. All the angels were standing around them and the throne. The angels bowed down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God.

Psalm 134:2

Lift your hands toward the Temple, and praise the Lord.

Nehemiah 5:13

Then I shook out the folds of my clothes. I said, “God will do the same thing to everyone who does not keep their promise. God will shake them out of their houses and they will lose everything they worked for. They will lose everything!” I finished saying these things and all the people agreed. They all said, “Amen” and praised the Lord. So the people did as they had promised.

Genesis 24:26

The servant bowed and worshiped the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the group of people gathered together, “Now give praise to the Lord your God.” So all the people gave praise to the Lord God, the God their ancestors worshiped. They bowed to the ground to give honor to the Lord and to the king.

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came out from the Lord and burned the burnt offering and fat on the altar. When all the people saw this, they shouted with joy and then bowed to the ground to show their respect.

Exodus 12:27

you will say, ‘This Passover is to honor the Lord, because when we were in Egypt, he passed over the houses of Israel. He killed the Egyptians, but he saved the people in our houses.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped the Lord.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s resurrection from death.

Ephesians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in heaven.

1 Corinthians 14:16

You might be praising God with your spirit. But someone there without understanding cannot say “Amen” to your prayer of thanks, because they don’t know what you are saying.

Matthew 26:39

Then Jesus went on a little farther away from them. He fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Matthew 6:13

Don’t let us be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.’

Jeremiah 28:6

Jeremiah said to Hananiah, “Amen! May the Lord do that. May the Lord make the message you say come true. May he bring the things of the Lord’s Temple back to this place from Babylon. And may he bring all those who were forced to leave their homes back to this place.

Psalm 141:2

Accept my prayer like a gift of burning incense, the words I lift up like an evening sacrifice.

Psalm 63:4

By my life, I will praise you. In your name, I lift my hands in prayer.

Psalm 41:13

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He always was, and he always will be. Amen and Amen!

Psalm 28:2

I lift my hands and pray toward your Most Holy Place. Hear me when I call to you. Show mercy to me.

2 Chronicles 29:30

King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to give praise to the Lord. They sang songs that David and Asaph the seer had written. They praised God and became happy. They all bowed and worshiped God.

2 Chronicles 6:4

He said, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has done what he promised my father David. The Lord said,

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I promise to the Lord, the God Most High, the one who made heaven and earth.

1 Chronicles 16:36

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He always was and will always be worthy of praise! All the people praised the Lord and said “Amen!”

Nehemiah 8:7

These men from the tribe of Levi taught the people about the law as they were all standing there. The Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah.

1 Chronicles 29:10

Then David praised the Lord in front of all the people who were gathered together. David said, “Lord, the God of Israel, our Father, may you be praised forever and ever!

2 Chronicles 29:10

So now I, Hezekiah, have decided to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel. Then he will not be angry with us anymore.

Psalm 95:3

For the Lord is a great God, the great King ruling over all the other “gods.”