Quotes About Submission

And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”í”

So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lordís servants.”

And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

The kingís servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

But if He should say, ëI do not delight in you,í then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ëI will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your fatherís servant, but now I will be your servant.í

and crossed at the ford to carry over the kingís household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.