1 Kings 1:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then Bathsheba bowed with [her] face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

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  • Dan 2:4 : 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
  • Dan 3:9 : 9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
  • Dan 5:10 : 10 ¶ [Now] the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: [and] the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
  • Dan 6:6 : 6 ¶ Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
  • Dan 6:21 : 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
  • Neh 2:3 : 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.
  • 2 Sam 9:6 : 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
  • 1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
  • Matt 21:37 : 37 ‹But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.›
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 1:11-17
    7 verses
    87%

    11¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth [it] not?

    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

    13Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

    14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

    15And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

    16And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

    17And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27-30
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    27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

    28Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

    29And the king sware, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

    30Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
    81%

    32¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46-48
    3 verses
    79%

    46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

    47And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

    48And also thus said the king, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it].

  • 1 Kgs 2:17-20
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    78%

    17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

    18And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

    19Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

    20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; [I pray thee], say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

  • 1 Chr 29:20
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    20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-24
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    76%

    20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

    22And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

    23And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • 1 Sam 24:8
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    8David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35-37
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    35Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

    36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so [too].

    37As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
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    10¶ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

  • 1 Sam 25:41
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    41And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45And king Solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
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    53So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

  • 2 Sam 14:4
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    4And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    71%

    20And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    71%

    21And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with [his] face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    71%

    15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

  • 1 Kgs 8:14
    71%

    14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
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    71%

    13And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

    14He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

  • 2 Sam 15:21
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    21And Ittai answered the king, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, and [as] my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

  • 2 Chr 6:3
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    3And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

  • 2 Chr 1:8-9
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    8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

    9Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
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    3And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
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    17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.