66 Bible Verses about Sitting
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And Jehovah appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day.
And Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus upon the well. It was about the sixth hour.
And when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.
But Moses' hands became heavy. And they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. And his hands were steady until the going of the sun.
And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, Sit here while I go and pray there.
And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
But which of you who has a servant plowing or feeding will say to him immediately after he has come from the field, Come, recline?
And they sat down and ate and drank, both of them together, for the girl's father had said to the man, Please be content, and stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
And Boaz said to her, At mealtime come here and eat of the bread and dip your bit in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers. And he handed her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied, and left.
And David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon had come, the king sat down by the food to eat.
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you;
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
And He commanded the crowd to recline on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed and broke, and gave the loaves to His disciples. And the disciples gave to the crowd.
Nor should we be idolaters, even as some of them, as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."
And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him. And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying,
And great crowds were gathered to Him, so that He went into a boat and sat. And all the crowd stood on the shore.
And He sat down and called the Twelve and said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.
And it happened that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them.
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word.
And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him. And He sat down and taught them.
And the people came to the house of God and stayed there until evening before God, and lifted up their voice and wept grievously,
Then King David went in and sat before Jehovah. And he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah? And what is my house, that You have brought me here?
And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the slave-girl that is behind the mill; also the first-born of beasts.
Go up and go in to King David, and say to him, My lord, O king, did you not swear to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?
And Solomon said, You have shown to Your servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before You in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with You. And You have kept this great kindness for him, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
And Jehovah said to him, Jehu, because you have done well in doing the right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
Even He shall build the temple of Jehovah; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne. And He shall be a priest on His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
They said to Him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left hand, in Your glory.
And he said, Hear therefore the Word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.
To the Chief Musician. A Testimony Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You dwelling between the cherubs, shine forth.
In the year that King Uzziah died I then saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.
Jesus said to him, You said it. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.
Even David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand
who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high,
But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right of God,
looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God.
To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
the twenty-four elders fell down before the One sitting on the throne. And they worshiped Him who lives for ever and ever, and threw their crowns before the throne, saying,
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb.
And on the next day it happened that Moses sat to judge the people. And the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.
But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His glory.
Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told it to the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate! And all the people came before the king. (For Israel had fled, every one to his tent.)
A king who sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
and for a spirit of judgment to him who sits in judgment, and for strength to those who turn back the battle to the gate.
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, of the eunuchs in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his rulership, to cut off and to destroy until the end.
Let the nations be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations all around.
But as he was sitting down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man, for today because of Him I have suffered many things in a dream.
that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, whitened wall! For do you sit judging me according to the Law, and against law command me to be stricken?
But they shall sit each one under his vine and under his fig tree; and there shall be no trembling; for the mouth of Jehovah of Hosts has spoken,
In that day, says Jehovah of Hosts, you shall call, each man to his neighbor, to sit under the vine and under the fig tree.
From now on the Son of Man shall sit at the right hand of the power of God.
which He worked in Christ in raising Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,
and has raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
Topics on Sitting
God Sitting In Glory
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died I then saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.
People Sitting Down
John 6:10And Jesus said, Make the men recline. And there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
Sitting At The Feet
Psalm 110:1A Psalm of David. Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.
Sitting In Dejection
Lamentations 1:17Zion spreads forth her hands; none is comforting to me; Jehovah has commanded concerning Jacob that his enemies should be all around him; Jerusalem has become as an impure thing among them.
Sitting In Fellowship
Exodus 32:6And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Sitting In Security
Micah 4:4But they shall sit each one under his vine and under his fig tree; and there shall be no trembling; for the mouth of Jehovah of Hosts has spoken,
Sitting In The Gateway
Psalm 69:12They who sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
Sitting To Teach
Deuteronomy 11:19And you shall teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.