Topic
Obsequiousness
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 25:23–31Nave INSTANCES OF — Abigail
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak…
- 1 Samuel 25:41Nave INSTANCES OF — Abigail
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
- 2 Samuel 9:8Nave INSTANCES OF — Mephibosheth
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
- 2 Samuel 14:4–20Nave INSTANCES OF — The woman of Tekoah
¶ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. And thy…
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Servile compliance)
- → INSTANCES OF
- Abigail 1Sa 25:23-31,41
- Mephibosheth 2Sa 9:8
- The woman of Tekoah 2Sa 14:4-20
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.