Homage

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Refused by Peter

• Acts 10:26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

Paul and Barnabas

• Acts 14:11–18 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!” Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought…

By the angel seen by John in his vision

• Revelation 19:10 So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Revelation 22:8–9 And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the w…

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Rendered to kings

• 1 Kings 1:16 And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
• 1 Kings 1:23 So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.
• 1 Kings 1:31 Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

Princes

• Esther 3:2 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.
• Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.