What Does the Bible Say About Kneeling?

Psalm 95:6 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

Acts 20:36 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

Romans 14:11 ESV / 33 helpful votes

For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Philippians 2:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes

So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Luke 22:41 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,

Acts 21:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes

When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. And kneeling down on the beach, we prayed

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Daniel 6:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

Isaiah 45:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’

Mark 1:40-45 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” ...

Ephesians 3:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

Acts 7:60 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Mark 15:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

Daniel 1:2-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility,

Nehemiah 8:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

1 Kings 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

Revelation 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Acts 9:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized;

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Matthew 15:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

1 Kings 8:54 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven.

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Acts 20:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

Acts 8:26-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” ...

Philippians 2:9-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

1 Corinthians 14:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ...

1 Kings 18:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.

Philippians 2:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Mark 10:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Matthew 17:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,

Matthew 9:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

Matthew 8:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”

Ezra 9:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,

2 Chronicles 6:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven,

Revelation 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

1 John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.”

1 Timothy 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Philippians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

1 Corinthians 15:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Romans 11:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Acts 20:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.

Acts 17:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

Acts 9:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

John 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst

John 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Matthew 27:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Isaiah 45:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me.

2 Kings 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, “O man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

Genesis 41:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he made him ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!” Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.

64 Bible Verses about Kneeling

Psalm 95:6 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:36 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:11 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:10 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 22:41 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 21:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 6:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 45:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 1:40-45 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 3:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Mark 15:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 1:2-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nehemiah 8:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 19:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 9:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 8:54 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 8:26-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:9-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 18:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:10-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 17:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 8:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 9:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 6:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 27:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 45:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 41:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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