Nehemiah 8:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people, their hands raised high, answered, “Amen, amen!” Then they knelt down and bowed before the Lord, their faces to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom: “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:26

The man then knelt and bowed down to the Lord,

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah.

1 Chronicles 29:10

Then David blessed the Lord in the sight of the whole assembly. David said: “Blessed are you, Lord, God of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David told the whole assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God!” And the whole assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their ancestors, bowing down in homage before the Lord and before the king.

2 Chronicles 20:18

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.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now, I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his burning anger may turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 29:30

King Hezekiah and the princes then told the Levites to sing the praises of the Lord in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises till their joy was full, then fell down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 6:4

He said: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own mouth spoke a promise to David my father and by his hand fulfilled it, saying:

Nehemiah 5:13

I shook out the folds of my garment, saying, “Thus may God shake from home and fortune every man who fails to keep this promise, and may he thus be shaken out and emptied!” And the whole assembly answered, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised. Nehemiah’s Record.

Nehemiah 8:7

The Levites Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah explained the law to the people, who remained in their places.

Psalm 134:2

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

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering.

Psalm 28:2

Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help when I lift up my hands toward your holy place.

Psalm 41:13

In my integrity may you support me and let me stand in your presence forever.

Psalm 63:4

For your love is better than life; my lips shall ever praise you!

Psalm 95:3

For the Lord is the great God, the great king over all gods,

Exodus 12:27

you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice for the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt; when he struck down the Egyptians, he delivered our houses.’” Then the people knelt and bowed down,

Exodus 4:31

The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had observed the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they knelt and bowed down.

Jeremiah 28:6

and said: Amen! thus may the Lord do! May the Lord fulfill your words that you have prophesied, by bringing back the vessels of the house of the Lord and all the exiles from Babylon to this place!

Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands toward God in heaven!

Leviticus 9:24

Fire came forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. Seeing this, all the people shouted with joy and fell prostrate.

Matthew 26:39

He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.”

Matthew 6:13

and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you pronounce a blessing [with] the spirit, how shall one who holds the place of the uninstructed say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

Ephesians 1:3

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

1 Timothy 2:8

It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Revelation 7:11

All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God,