dSee Gen. 22:16
mch. 11:27; Dan. 7:13, 14; John 3:35; 13:3; 17:2; Acts 2:36; Rom. 14:9; 1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:10, 20-22; Phil. 2:9, 10; Col. 2:10; Heb. 1:2; 2:8; 1 Pet. 3:22; [ch. 9:6; John 5:27]
oCited from 1 Kgs. 19:18
Genesis 41:43
43And he made him ride in his second chariot. aAnd they called out before him, “Bow the knee!” ▼▼Abrek, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel
Thus he set him cover all the land of Egypt. Isaiah 45:23-25
23 dBy myself I have sworn;from my mouth has gone out in erighteousness
a word that shall not return:
f‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.’ ▼
▼Septuagint every tongue shall confess to God
24 h“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
are righteousness and istrength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
jall who were incensed against him.
25In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall be justified and shall glory.”
Matthew 27:29
29and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they kmocked him, saying, “Hail, lKing of the Jews!”Matthew 28:18
18And Jesus came and said to them, m“All authority nin heaven and on earth has been given to me.Romans 11:4
4But what is God’s reply to him? o“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Romans 14:10-11
10Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For pwe will all stand before qthe judgment seat of God; 11for it is written,r“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess ▼
▼Or shall give praise
to God.”Ephesians 3:14
Prayer for Spiritual Strength
14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
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