Nehemiah 8:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God; and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:26

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:10

Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord, and did obeisance to the king.

2 Chronicles 20:18

Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 29:30

And Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 6:4

And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

Nehemiah 5:13

I also shook out my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Nehemiah 8:7

Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Ma-aseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the law, while the people remained in their places.

Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the Lord!

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to thee for help, as I lift up my hands towards thy most holy sanctuary.

Psalm 41:13

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

Psalm 63:4

So I will bless thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on thy name.

Psalm 95:3

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

Exodus 12:27

you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he slew the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Jeremiah 28:6

and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord make the words which you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles.

Lamentations 3:41

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

Leviticus 9:24

And fire came forth from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving when 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 heavenly places,

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,