Genesis 17:17
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17 Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”
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Revelation 11:16
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16 The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him.
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John 8:56
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56 Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.”
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Genesis 21:6
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6 And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter.[a] All who hear about this will laugh with me.
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- 21:6 The name Isaac means “he laughs.”
Genesis 18:12
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12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
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Genesis 17:3
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3 At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him,
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Romans 4:19-20
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19 And Abraham’s faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead—and so was Sarah’s womb.
20 Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.
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Ezekiel 1:28
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28 All around him was a glowing halo, like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day. This is what the glory of the Lord looked like to me. When I saw it, I fell face down on the ground, and I heard someone’s voice speaking to me.
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Revelation 5:8
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8 And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
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Job 1:20
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20 Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.
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Daniel 8:17
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17 As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
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1 Chronicles 21:16
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16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth with his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep distress and fell face down on the ground.
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Judges 13:20
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20 As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.
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Joshua 7:6
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6 Joshua and the elders of Israel tore their clothing in dismay, threw dust on their heads, and bowed face down to the ground before the Ark of the Lord until evening.
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Joshua 5:14
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14 “Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord’s army.”
At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?”
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Deuteronomy 9:25
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25 “That is why I threw myself down before the Lord for forty days and nights—for the Lord said he would destroy you.
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Deuteronomy 9:18
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18 “Then, as before, I threw myself down before the Lord for forty days and nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of the great sin you had committed by doing what the Lord hated, provoking him to anger.
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Numbers 16:45
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45 “Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!” But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.
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Numbers 16:22
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22 But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God,” they pleaded, “you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”
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Numbers 14:5
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5 Then Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground before the whole community of Israel.
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Leviticus 9:24
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24 Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.
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Matthew 2:11
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11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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