What
is worship?
Bowing down to the Lord our God with reverence.
Giving thanks and praise to the Lord our God, with faith and trust.
He is our only idol.
John
4;24
“God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.”
Genesis
22;5
Abraham
said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go
over there; and we will worship and return to you.”
Genesis
24;26
Then
the man bowed low and worshiped the Lord.
Genesis
24;48
And
I bowed low and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my
master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my
master’s kinsman for his son.
Genesis
47;31
He
said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship
at the head of the bed.
Exodus
3;12
And
He said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that
it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you
shall worship God at this mountain.”
Exodus
4;31
So
the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord was concerned about the
sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped.
Exodus
12;27
you
shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord who passed over the houses
of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our
homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.
Exodus
12;31
Then
he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among
my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord, as
you have said.
Exodus
20;5
You
shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third
and the fourth generations of those who hate Me.
Exodus
23;24
You
shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their
deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred
pillars in pieces.
Exodus
24;1
[ People
Affirm Their Covenant with God ] Then He said to Moses, “Come up to the
Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and
you shall worship at a distance.
Exodus 34;8
Moses
made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship.
Exodus
34;14
for
you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God.
Deuteronomy
4;19
And beware
not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars,
all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve
them, those which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the
whole heaven.
Deuteronomy
5;9
You
shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the
third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Deuteronomy
6;13
You
shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and
swear by His name.
Deuteronomy
8;19
It
shall come about if you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods
and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you
will surely perish.
Deuteronomy
11;16
Beware
that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve
other gods and worship them.
Deuteronomy
17;3
and
has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the
moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded.
Deuteronomy
26;10
Now
behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O Lord
have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the Lord your God, and worship
before the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy
29;26
They
went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not
known and whom He had not allotted to them.
Deuteronomy
30;17
But
if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship
other gods and serve them.
Judges
7;15
When
Gideon heard the account of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship.
He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the Lord has given the
camp of Midian into your hands.”
Psalm
2;11
Worship the Lord with reverence and
rejoice with trembling.
Psalm
22;27
All
the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families
of the nations will worship before You.
Psalm
22;29
All
the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down
to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Psalm
29;2
Ascribe
to the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in holy array.
Psalm
66;4
“All
the earth will worship You, and will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name.”
Psalm
81;9
“Let
there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign
god.
Psalm
84;1
[ Longing
for the Temple Worship. ] [ For the choir director; on the
Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. ] How lovely are Your dwelling
places, O Lord of hosts!
Psalm
86;9
All
nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.
Psalm
95;6
Come,
let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Psalm
96:1
[ A
Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge. ] Sing to the Lord a
new song; Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Psalm 96;9
Worship the Lord in holy attire;
Tremble before Him, all the earth.
Psalm
97;7
Let all
those be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast themselves of idols, Worship
Him, all you gods.
Psalm
99;5
Exalt
the Lord our God And worship at His footstool; Holy is He.
Psalm
99;9
Exalt
the Lord our God And worship at His holy hill, For holy is the Lord our
God.
Psalm 132;7
Let
us go into His dwelling place; Let us worship at His footstool.
John
4;24
God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.”
Matthew
2;2
“Where
is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and
have come to worship Him.”
Matthew
2;8
And
he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and
when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship
Him.”
Matthew
2;11
After
coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to
the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they
presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew
4;9
and
he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship
me.”
Matthew
4;10
Then
Jesus *said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship
the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’”
Matthew
14;33
And
those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly
God’s Son!”
Matthew
15;9
‘But
in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”
Matthew
28;9
And
behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His
feet and worshiped Him.
Matthew
28;17
When
they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful.
Mark
7;7
‘But
in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
Luke
4;7
"Therefore
if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.”
Luke
4;8
Jesus
answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and
serve Him only.’”
Luke
24;52
And
they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
John
4;20
"our
fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
John
4;21
Jesus
*said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this
mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
John
4;22
You worship
what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the
Jews.
John
4;23
But
an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
John
4;24
God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.”
John
9;38
And
he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped Him.
John
12;20
[ Greeks
Seek Jesus ] Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship
at the feast.
Acts
8;27
So
he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he
had come to Jerusalem to worship.
Acts
16;14
[ First
Convert in Europe ] A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a
seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the
Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
Acts
17;23
For
while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I
also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what
you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
Hebrews
9;1
Now even the first covenant had regulations of
divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews
9;6
Now
when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering
the outer tabernacle performing the divine worship.
Hebrews
9;9
which
is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices
are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience.
Hebrews
10;2
Otherwise,
would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having
once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?
Hebrews
11;21
By
faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped,
leaning on the top of his staff.
Revelation
4;5
[ The
Throne and Worship of the Creator ] Out from the throne come flashes
of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps
of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Revelation
4;10
the
twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship
Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne,
saying,
Revelation
5;14
And
the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
Revelation
7;11
And
all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and
the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped
God.
Revelation
9;20
The
rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the
works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold
and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor
hear nor walk.
Revelation
11;1
[ The
Two Witnesses ] Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and
someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those
who worship in it.
Revelation
11;16
And
the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their
faces and worshiped God.
Revelation
13;8
All
who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has
not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the
Lamb who has been slain.