So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees ¹  and bowed down with his face to the ground.

Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before ¹  the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

They were unfaithful ¹  and acted as treacherously as ²  their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. ³ 

I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he ¹  was filled with rage.

My glory ¹  will always be fresh ²  in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’

Before him the coastlands ¹  will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust. ² 

The Ephraimites ¹  were armed with bows, ²  but they retreated in the day of battle. ³ 

With bow and arrow ¹  men will hunt ²  there, for the whole land will be covered ³  with thorns and briers.

For they flee from the swords – from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

The Lord who rules over all said, “I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might. ¹ 

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow – in heaven and on earth and under the earth –

As a result, ¹  all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, ²  nor did he pay him homage.

Whenever ¹  I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

For this reason ¹  I kneel ²  before the Father, ³ 

These women invited ¹  the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods. ² 

When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; ¹  they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³ 

I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! ¹  I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, ²  like a warrior’s sword.

Then Elisha ¹  told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.” ²  He did so, ³  and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands.