Bible Verses about 'Down'

This is how we know what love is: he laid down his… 1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: he laid down his life for us, and we in turn must be prepared to lay down our lives for our brethren. 1 John 3:16	By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. love Jesus neighbor
No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13	Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. love sacrifice friendship

In peace I lie down and sleep, for only with your help, O Lord, can I rest secure. Psalm 4:9	In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, Yahweh, make me live in safety. safety rest peace
Come forth! Let us bow down to worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. Psalm 95:6	Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker. creation worship humility
Anxiety in the human heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. Proverbs 12:25	Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. speaking worrying heart
And opens the eyes of those who cannot see. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. Psalm 146:8	Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. sickness healing righteousness
Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.” Mark 9:35	He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.” humility Jesus understanding
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me to tranquil streams. Psalm 23:1-2	Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. blessing rest dependence
Which one of you, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has sufficient funds for its completion? Luke 14:28	For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? debt planning money
Every good act of giving and every perfect gift are from above, coming down from the Father of all light. With him there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. James 1:17	Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow. reliability Father blameless
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. John 6:51	I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. bread Jesus body
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. The measure that you use for others will be used to measure you. Luke 6:38	Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you. reward giving receiving
The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. Proverbs 18:8	The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts. gossip speaking
If you are angry, do not sin. Do not let the sun set on your anger, and do not give the devil an opening. Ephesians 4:26-27	“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil. sin anger evil
Rather, let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:24	But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. law righteousness
Although it was our afflictions that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, we thought of him as stricken, as struck down by God and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4	Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. suffering Jesus sickness
You shall keep these things that I command you today in your heart. Teach them to your children. You shall talk of them when you are sitting in your home, and when you are walking along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. Deuteronomy 6:6-7	These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. law family children
To anyone who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, as I myself overcame and sat with my Father on his throne. Revelation 3:21	He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. overcoming reward heaven
Like a city that has been breached and made defenseless is the man devoid of self-control. Proverbs 25:28	Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. self-control desires
Let my teaching fall down like rain, and my words descend like the dew. Like rain upon the sprouts, and like showers upon the grass. Deuteronomy 32:2	My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. Word of God learning
I will make them and the region surrounding my hill a blessing, and I will send them rain in due season that will be showers of blessing. Ezekiel 34:26	I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing. blessing almighty
Then, after he had spoken to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven, and there he took his place at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19	So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. Jesus ascension heaven
O Lord, you have examined me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you perceive my thoughts from a distance. Psalm 139:1-2	Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. seeking thoughts understanding
Bring the tithes in full into the treasury so that there may be food in my house. Put me thus to the test, says the Lord of hosts, and see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down blessings upon you without measure. Malachi 3:10	“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.” food blessing giving
He is the reflection of God’s glory and the perfect expression of his very being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Achieving purification from sins, he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews 1:3	His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. sin purification Word of God

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that weighs us down and the sins that so easily distract us and with perseverance run the race that lies ahead of us.

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us.