Nehemiah 8:6

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Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied“Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

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  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 So I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
  • Exod 4:31 : 31 and the people believed. When they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.
  • Neh 5:13 : 13 I also shook out my garment, and I said,“In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied,“So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.
  • Lam 3:41 : 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:
  • 2 Chr 20:18 : 18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD and worshiped him.
  • Ps 134:2 : 2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the LORD!
  • Ps 141:2 : 2 May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
  • Jer 28:6 : 6 The prophet Jeremiah said,“Amen! May the LORD do all this! May the LORD make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the LORD’s temple and the people who were carried into exile.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 New Birth to Joy and Holiness Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • Rev 7:11 : 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,
  • 2 Chr 29:30 : 30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the LORD, using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet. So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
  • Gen 24:26 : 26 The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD,
  • Exod 12:27 : 27 then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.
  • 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 David told the entire assembly:“Praise the LORD your God!” So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.
  • 2 Chr 6:4 : 4 He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
  • 1 Cor 14:16 : 16 Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
  • Ps 28:2 : 2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!
  • Ps 41:13 : 13 The LORD God of Israel deserves praise in the future and forevermore! We agree! We agree!
  • Ps 63:4 : 4 For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
  • Ps 72:18-19 : 18 The LORD God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things! 19 His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!

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