Nehemiah 8:6

Modern English Version

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:26

Then the man bowed down his head and worshipped the Lord.

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen,” and “Praise the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 29:10

So David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly, and David said, “Blessed are You, O  Lord, the God of Israel, our Father forever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless now the Lord your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the Lord and the king.

2 Chronicles 20:18

Then Jehoshaphat bowed his face to the ground, and all Judah and those dwelling in Jerusalem fell before the Lord to worship Him.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel so that His burning anger might turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 29:30

Then Hezekiah the king and the officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they praised with gladness and bowed down to worship.

2 Chronicles 6:4

And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who spoke with David my father and fulfilled His promise, saying,

Nehemiah 5:13

Also I shook out the front of my garment and said, “Like this, may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not carry out this promise. Exactly like this, may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the congregation said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

Nehemiah 8:7

Then Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, explained the Law to the people while the people stood in their place.

Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be set as incense before You, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your most holy place.

Psalm 41:13

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Psalm 63:4

Thus will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

Psalm 95:3

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

Exodus 12:27

that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our households.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshipped.

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed. And when they heard that the Lord had visited the Israelites and that He had looked on their affliction, they bowed down and worshipped.

Jeremiah 28:6

even the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen. May the Lord do so; may the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all that was carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.

Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Leviticus 9:24

A fire came out from before the Lord, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat that were on the altar. When all the people saw this, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther, and falling on His face, He prayed, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, when you bless with the spirit, how will he who does not understand say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not understand what you say?

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore I desire that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or contentiousness.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Revelation 7:11

All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures and fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God,