Quotes About Submission

And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.

So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”

saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ëYour silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!í”

And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ëI have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.

So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ëAll that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.í” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

Naamanís servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ëWash and be cleansedí?”

So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.í

David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.

When Hadadezerís subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.

David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecaiís command, as she had done under his care.

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?