Nehemiah 8:6
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6 Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. Then they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.(A)
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1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,
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Lamentations 3:41
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41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands
to God in heaven.(A)
Exodus 4:31
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31 The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.(A)
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2 Chronicles 20:18
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18 Then Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.(A)
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Revelation 7:11
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11 And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
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Psalm 134:2
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2 Lift up your hands to the holy place,
and bless the Lord.(A)
Nehemiah 5:13
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13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.(A)
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Genesis 24:26
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26 The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord(A)
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1 Chronicles 29:20
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20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.
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Leviticus 9:24
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24 Fire came out from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.(A)
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Exodus 12:27
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27 you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshiped.(A)
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1 Peter 1:3
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A Living Hope
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead(A)
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Ephesians 1:3
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Spiritual Blessings in Christ
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,[a](A)
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- 1.3 Gk heavenlies
1 Corinthians 14:16
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16 Otherwise, if you say a blessing with the spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since the outsider does not know what you are saying?(A)
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Matthew 26:39
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39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(A)
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Matthew 6:13
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Jeremiah 28:6
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6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill the words that you have prophesied and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord and all the exiles.(A)
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Psalm 141:2
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2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.(A)
Psalm 72:18-19
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18 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous things.(A)
19 Blessed be his glorious name forever;
may his glory fill the whole earth.
Amen and Amen.(B)
Psalm 63:4
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4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.(A)
Psalm 41:13
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13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.(A)
Psalm 28:2
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2 Hear the voice of my supplication,
as I cry to you for help,
as I lift up my hands
toward your most holy sanctuary.[a](A)
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- 28.2 Heb your innermost sanctuary
2 Chronicles 29:30
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30 King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
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2 Chronicles 6:4
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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 my father David, saying,
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