Concordance

“Sit” in the Bible

222 verses contain “sit” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 21:16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
Genesis 27:19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Genesis 27:31 He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
Genesis 37:25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way…
Genesis 38:14 …ents, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up,…
Genesis 48:2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
Exodus 11:5 …e land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of…
Exodus 12:29 …le in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the…
Exodus 16:3 …the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole…
Exodus 17:12 … grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until…
Exodus 18:14 …“What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till…
Exodus 32:6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.
Leviticus 15:4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
Leviticus 15:6 Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:20 Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
Leviticus 15:26 Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
Numbers 32:6 But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
Deuteronomy 6:7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 11:19 Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 33:3 Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
Judges 4:5 And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
Judges 5:10 You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
Judges 6:11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to…
Judges 19:6 So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
Judges 19:15 They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
Judges 20:26 …e Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace…
Judges 21:2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
Ruth 2:14 … have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some…
Ruth 4:1 Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit…
Ruth 4:2 Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
1 Samuel 4:4 …ught back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of…
1 Samuel 16:11 …he sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he…
1 Samuel 20:24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
1 Samuel 20:25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
1 Samuel 28:23 Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
2 Samuel 7:18 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
2 Samuel 19:8 So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the…
1 Kings 1:13 …, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become…
1 Kings 1:17 “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
1 Kings 1:20 And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
1 Kings 1:24 “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
1 Kings 1:27 Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
1 Kings 1:30 …l: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my…
1 Kings 1:35 Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
1 Kings 1:48 saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
1 Kings 2:12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
1 Kings 2:19 …Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right…
1 Kings 3:6 …have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very…
1 Kings 8:20 …word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God…
1 Kings 8:25 …omised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have…
1 Kings 19:4 …himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life,…
1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they…
2 Kings 4:20 After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
2 Kings 7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
2 Kings 7:4 …,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we…
2 Kings 10:30 …ll that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of…
2 Kings 15:12 So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
2 Kings 23:14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
1 Chronicles 17:16 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
1 Chronicles 28:5 And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:23 So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
2 Chronicles 6:10 …word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God…
2 Chronicles 6:16 …omised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have…
2 Chronicles 33:19 …is plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are…
Ezra 9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
Ezra 9:4 …und me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening…
Ezra 10:9 …and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy…
Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Esther 1:2 In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
Esther 3:15 … was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in…
Job 2:8 And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Job 2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalms 9:4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
Psalms 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Psalms 26:5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
Psalms 29:10 The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
Psalms 50:20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Psalms 61:7 May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
Psalms 69:12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Psalms 80:1 Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Psalms 102:12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
Psalms 107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Psalms 110:1 The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Psalms 119:23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Psalms 132:12 If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Psalms 139:2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Proverbs 9:14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
Proverbs 20:8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 23:1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
Song of Solomon 2:3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Isaiah 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah 14:13 …vens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the…
Isaiah 16:5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
Isaiah 28:6 a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
Isaiah 30:7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to…
Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or…
Isaiah 47:5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
Isaiah 47:8 So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
Isaiah 47:14 …f the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit…
Isaiah 52:2 Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 3:2 …e. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with…
Jeremiah 13:13 …ll with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of…
Jeremiah 15:17 I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 16:8 You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
Jeremiah 17:25 …rinces will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of…
Jeremiah 22:2 saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
Jeremiah 22:4 …if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and…
Jeremiah 22:30 …er in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in…
Jeremiah 26:10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
Jeremiah 29:16 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
Jeremiah 33:17 For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
Jeremiah 36:15 “Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
Jeremiah 36:30 … says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by…
Jeremiah 39:3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and…
Jeremiah 48:18 Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
Jeremiah 51:30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set…
Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their…
Lamentations 3:28 Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
Lamentations 3:63 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
Ezekiel 3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
Ezekiel 14:1 Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
Ezekiel 20:1 In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
Ezekiel 23:41 You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
Ezekiel 26:16 … their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over…
Ezekiel 28:2 …ays: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded…
Ezekiel 33:31 So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their…
Ezekiel 44:3 Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
Joel 3:12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
Jonah 3:6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Jonah 4:5 Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
Micah 4:4 And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Zechariah 3:10 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
Zechariah 6:13 …temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between…
Zechariah 8:4 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
Malachi 3:3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD…
Matthew 5:1 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,
Matthew 13:1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Matthew 13:2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
Matthew 14:19 And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and…
Matthew 15:29 Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
Matthew 15:35 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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