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When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.
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Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
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Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
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When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
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They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.
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and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
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So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.
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They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
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They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them.
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After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
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Then King Solomon sent men, and they brought him down from the altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon said, “Go to your home.”
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They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal.
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Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the Lord your God.” So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.
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King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
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Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
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They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.
