'Down' in the Bible

But I say this, believers: the time has been shortened, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they did not;

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the culmination of the ages has been attained.

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Therefore, no one should look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so he can come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.

But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil [of blindness] lies over their heart;

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

And the One who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed.

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

This is why I am writing these things while absent, that when I am there I will not use severity, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, [because] I was a far more zealous adherent of the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

If I rebuild the system I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.

Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels.

He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

in which he wrought in the Christ in raising him from among the dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,

and has raised us up together, and has made us sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,

Now what does this "he went up" mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth?

The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that all things would be fulfilled.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first.

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God -- the day doth not come.

and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now will hinder -- till he may be out of the way,

For even when we were with you, we laid down this rule for you: "If a man does not choose to work, neither shall he eat."

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity.

And those who have believing masters must not look down on [them] because they are brothers, but rather they must serve, because those who benefit by their service are believers and dearly loved.

And if anyone competes as an athlete [in competitive games], he is not crowned [with the wreath of victory] unless he competes according to the rules.

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

not paying attention to Jewish myths and the commandments and rules of men who turn their backs on the truth.

These are the things you should teach. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit down at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

by faith Jacob dying -- each of the sons of Joseph did bless, and did bow down upon the top of his staff;

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”

But *you* have put dishonour upon the poor man. Yet is it not the rich who grind you down? Are not they the very people who drag you into the Law courts? --

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

For you know that it was not with perishable things like silver or gold that you have been ransomed from the worthless way of life handed down to you by your ancestors,

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

I had many things [to say when I began] to write to you, but I prefer not to put it down with pen (reed) and black (ink);

Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.

Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion.

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,

Therefore, write down what you have seen, what is, and what is going to happen after this.

Listen carefully, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [I will bring] into great anguish, unless they repent of her deeds.

Take note! I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying—note this—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

and the stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree throws down its unripe figs [when] shaken by a great wind.

And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,

They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them,

And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

And at the sounding of the third angel, there went down from heaven a great star, burning like a flame, and it came on a third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of water.

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. Then I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down!”

and the court that is without the sanctuary leave out, and thou mayest not measure it, because it was given to the nations, and the holy city they shall tread down forty-two months;

Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God

Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and knocked them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born.

The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels.

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.