Kneeling

A bodily posture which expresses an attitude of humility, especially in worship, prayer or submission to the authority of another person.

Kneeling in worship

Psalm 95:6 See also 2 Chronicles 7:3, 2 Chronicles 29:29

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Kneeling in submission

To God

Isaiah 45:23 See also Romans 14:11; Psalm 22:29

By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

To Jesus Christ

Philippians 2:9–11 See also Matthew 27:29 kneeling in mock submission; Mark 5:6, Mark 10:17; Luke 5:8

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, 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.

To other people

Esther 3:2 See also 1 Kings 1:16; 2 Kings 1:13; Matthew 18:26

All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

Kneeling in prayer

Daniel 6:10; Matthew 9:18; Ephesians 3:14 See also 1 Kings 8:54; 2 Chronicles 6:13; Ezra 9:5; Matthew 8:2, Matthew 15:25, Matthew 17:14, Matthew 20:20; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60, Acts 9:40, Acts 20:36, Acts 21:5

Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,