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The following verses are examples of worshiping without bowing[/size][/font][/size]
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[b][url="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+47:31&version=NIV"]Genesis 47:31[/url][/b]“Swear to me,” he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.[/font]
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[font="Verdana][size="2"]Exodus 33:10
Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent.[/font]
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Joshua 24:14
“Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors
worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt[/size][/font]
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Matthew 14:33
Then those who were in the boat
worshiped him[/size][/font]
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Luke 2:37
and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but
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Luke 24:52
Then they
worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.[/size][/font]
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John 9:38
Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he
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Romans 1:25
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and
worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen[/size][/font]
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The following verses are examples of bowing without worshiping[/size][/font]
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Genesis 19:1
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Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed ] The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and
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Genesis 23:7
Then Abraham rose and
bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.[/size][/font]
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Genesis 27:29
May nations serve you and peoples
bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother
bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.”[/size][/font]
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Genesis 33:3
He himself went on ahead and
bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.[/size][/font]
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Genesis 33:6
Then the female servants and their children approached and
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1 Kings 2:19
When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her,
bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand.[/size][/font]
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Luke 24:5
In their fright the women
bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?[/size][/font]
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There were so many examples of bowing to people and angels and nations in the OT I had to stop posting them[/size][/font]
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Also, 90% of the verses that included the word worship and bowing also included the word and - indicating they were separate actions.[/size][/font]