33 Bible Verses about Prostration
- Numbers 20:6
Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to them; - 1 Chronicles 29:20
Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and did homage to the Lord and to the king. - Revelation 7:11
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, - Leviticus 9:24
Then fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. - Numbers 24:4
The oracle of him who hears the words of God,Who sees the vision of the Almighty,Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered, - 1 Samuel 5:3
When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again. - 1 Kings 18:39
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.” - Nehemiah 8:6
Then Ezra blessed the Lord the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. - Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking. - Matthew 2:11
After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. - Matthew 17:6
When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. - Matthew 26:39
And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” - Luke 5:12
While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” - Deuteronomy 9:18
I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger. - Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. - Isaiah 15:3
In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;On their housetops and in their squaresEveryone is wailing, dissolved in tears. - Ezekiel 9:8
As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I fell on my face and cried out saying, “Alas, Lord God! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?” - Numbers 22:31
Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground. - Joshua 5:14
He said, “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?” - Judges 13:20
For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground. - 1 Chronicles 21:16
Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces. - Daniel 8:17
So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.” - Luke 24:5
and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? - 1 Samuel 24:8
Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself. - Isaiah 51:23
I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over you.’You have even made your back like the groundAnd like the street for those who walk over it.” - Ruth 2:10
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” - 1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground. - 1 Samuel 28:14
He said to her, “What is his form?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. - 2 Samuel 14:4
Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, “Help, O king.” - 2 Samuel 19:18
Then they kept crossing the ford to bring over the king’s household, and to do what was good in his sight. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan. - Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your guardians,And their princesses your nurses.They will bow down to you with their faces to the earthAnd lick the dust of your feet;And you will know that I am the Lord;Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame. - Daniel 2:46
Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel, and gave orders to present to him an offering and fragrant incense. - 2 Samuel 9:6
Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, “Mephibosheth.” And he said, “Here is your servant!” - 2 Samuel 9:8
Again he prostrated himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?” - 1 Samuel 25:41
She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” - 1 Kings 1:23
They told the king, saying, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground. - 1 Kings 1:31
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.” - Mark 3:11
Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!” - Genesis 17:3
Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, - Genesis 44:14
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him. - Genesis 50:18
Joseph wept when they talked to him. So Joseph’s brothers went to visit him, fell prostrate in front of him, and declared, “Look! We’re your servants.” - Exodus 11:8
All these officials of yours will come down to me, prostrate themselves to me, and say, “Get out, you and all the people following you!’ After that I’ll go out.” Then Moses angrily left Pharaoh. - Exodus 33:10
When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the doorway of the tent, all of them would get up and prostrate themselves in worship, each one at the doorway of his tent. - Deuteronomy 9:25
So I fell down and lay face down before the Lord forty days and nights because the Lord had said He would destroy you. - 1 Samuel 2:36
Anyone who remains in your family will come and prostrate themselves before him for a small wage or a loaf of bread and will say, “Please put me in one of the priest’s offices so I can eat a piece of bread.”‘” - 1 Samuel 28:20
{Then Saul immediately fell prostrate} to the ground, and he was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; there was no more strength in him, for he had not eaten food all day and all night. - 2 Samuel 15:5
And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. - 2 Samuel 16:4
So the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!” - Esther 7:8
When the king returned to the banquet hall from the palace garden, Haman was prostrate on the couch where Esther was. The king asked, “Will this man even assault the queen with me in the house?” The king had no sooner spoken than they covered Haman’s face. - Job 14:10
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he? - Psalms 36:12
There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;They have been thrust down and cannot rise. - Psalms 66:12
You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat];We went through fire and through water,Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed]. - Psalms 88:5
Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand. - Psalms 97:7
Let all those be [deeply] ashamed who serve carved images,Who boast in idols.Worship Him, all you gods! - Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations! - Isaiah 29:4
Then you will be brought low;From the earth you will speak,And from the dust where you are prostrateYour words will come.Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground,And your speech will whisper from the dust. - Isaiah 32:19
But it will hail, when the forest comes down,And the [capital] city will fall in utter humiliation. - Isaiah 49:7
This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One says,To the thoroughly despised One,To the One hated by the nationTo the Servant of rulers,“Kings will see and arise,Princes shall also bow down,Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.” - Jeremiah 3:25
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor and humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.” - Jeremiah 46:15
Why are your warriors prostrate? They don’t stand because the LORD has brought them down. - Matthew 4:9
and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” - Luke 17:16
and he lay face downward at Jesus’ feet, thanking Him [over and over]. He was a Samaritan. - Revelation 4:10
the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, saying, - Revelation 19:4
Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures also fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah (praise the Lord)!” - Revelation 19:10
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he [stopped me and] said to me, “You must not do that; I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who have and hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God [alone]. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy [His life and teaching are the heart of prophecy].” - Revelation 22:8
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.