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Kneeling:
"O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before
Yahweh our Maker" (Ps: 95:6).
"When Solomon had made an end of praying ... he arose
from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees,
with his hands spread up to heaven" (1 Kings 8:54).
Bowing:
"And I bowed down my head, and worshipped" (Gen.
24:48).
"Moses made haste, and bowed his head towards the earth,
and worshipped" (Exod. 34:8).
". . . .And David said to all the congregation, Now bless
the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed Lord God
of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped"
(1 Chron. 29:20).
"And when they had made an end of offering, the king,
and all that were present with him, bowed themselves, and
worshipped" (2 Chron. 29:29).
Prostrate:
"And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him"
(Gen. 17:3).
"And Yahweh said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore
liest thou thus upon thy face?" (Josh. 7:10).
"And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the
ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell
before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh" (2 Chron. 20:18).
"Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed,
weeping, and casting himself down before the house of God
...." (Ezra 10:1).
Standing:
"And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the
tabernacle door; and all the people rose up and worshipped,
every man in his tent door" (Exod. 33:10).
"And the king turned his face about, and blessed all
the congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel
stood" (1 Kings 8:14).
"And Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh, in the
presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
his hands toward heaven" (1 Kings 8:22).
"And all the congregation of Israel stood" (2 Chron.
6:3).
Sitting:
"And David the king came and sat before Yahweh, and said,
Who am I, 0 Lord God, and what is mine house, that Thou hast
brought me hitherto?" (1 Chron. 17:16).
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