24 God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.

23 But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.

21 Jesus said to her:

Believe me, the time is coming when you won’t worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans don’t really know the one you worship. But we Jews do know the God we worship, and by using us, God will save the world. 23 But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him.

38 The man said, "Lord, I put my faith in you!" Then he worshiped Jesus.

10 *Jesus answered, "Go away Satan! The Scriptures say:

‘Worship the Lord your God

and serve only him.’ "

8 *Jesus answered, "The Scriptures say:

‘Worship the Lord your God

and serve only him!’ "

1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God.

1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God. 2 Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

36 *Everything comes from the Lord. All things were made because of him and will return to him. Praise the Lord forever! Amen.

11 *In the Scriptures God says,

"I swear by my very life

that everyone will kneel down

and praise my name!"

6 Bow down and worship

the Lord our Creator!

6 Bow down and worship

the Lord our Creator!

1 Shout praises to the Lord!

Praise God in his temple.

Praise him in heaven,

his mighty fortress.

2 Praise our God!

His deeds are wonderful,

too marvelous to describe.

3 Praise God with trumpets

and all kinds of harps.

4 Praise him with tambourines

and dancing,

with stringed instruments

and woodwinds.

5 Praise God with cymbals,

with clashing cymbals.

6 Let every living creature

praise the Lord.

Shout praises to the Lord!

6 Let every living creature

praise the Lord.

Shout praises to the Lord!

4 Be thankful and praise the Lord

as you enter his temple.

2 Honor the wonderful name

of the Lord,

and worship the Lord

most holy and glorious.*

1 Tell everyone on this earth

to shout praises to God!

2 Sing about his glorious name.

Honor him with praises.

3 Say to God, "Everything you do

is fearsome,

and your mighty power makes

your enemies come crawling.

4 You are worshiped by everyone!

We all sing praises to you."

17 I prayed to the Lord,

and I praised him.

9 *You created each nation,

and they will all bow down

to worship and honor you.

10 You perform great wonders

because you alone are God.

1 With all my heart

I praise the Lord,

and with all that I am

I praise his holy name!

1 *Praise the Lord

and pray in his name!

Tell everyone

what he has done.

1 *You are my God. I worship you.

In my heart, I long for you,

as I would long for a stream

in a scorching desert.

3 Your love means more

than life to me,

and I praise you.

4 As long as I live,

I will pray to you.

11 *"Our Lord and God,

you are worthy

to receive glory,

honor, and power.

You created all things,

and by your decision they are

and were created."

7 The angel shouted, "Worship and honor God! The time has come for him to judge everyone. Kneel down before the one who created heaven and earth, the oceans, and every stream."

4 *Lord, who doesn’t honor

and praise your name?

You alone are holy,

and all nations will come

and worship you,

because you have shown

that you judge

with fairness."

8 My name is John, and I am the one who heard and saw these things. Then after I had heard and seen all this, I knelt down and began to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown it to me.

9 But the angel said,

Don’t do that! I am a servant, just like you. I am the same as a follower or a prophet or anyone else who obeys what is written in this book. God is the one you should worship.

11 *Your power is great, and your glory is seen everywhere in heaven and on earth. You are king of the entire world,

34 *Praise the Lord

because he is good to us,

and his love never fails.

35 Say to him, "Save us, Lord God!

Bring us back

from among the nations.

Let us celebrate and shout

in praise of your holy name.

36 Lord God of Israel,

you deserve to be praised

forever and ever."

After David finished, the people shouted, "Amen! Praise the Lord!"

34 *Praise the Lord

because he is good to us,

and his love never fails.

9 Sing praises to the Lord!

Tell about his miracles.

9 Then God gave Christ

the highest place

and honored his name

above all others.

10 *So at the name of Jesus

everyone will bow down,

those in heaven, on earth,

and under the earth.

11 And to the glory

of God the Father

everyone will openly agree,

"Jesus Christ is Lord!"

15 Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus.

28 We should be grateful we were given a kingdom that cannot be shaken. And in this kingdom we please God by worshiping him and by showing him great honor and respect. 29 *Our God is like a destructive fire!

19 *When you meet together, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, as you praise the Lord with all your heart.

16 *Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other. With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, while the other prisoners listened.

3 Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! The Father is a merciful God, who always gives us comfort. 4 He comforts us when we are in trouble, so that we can share this same comfort with others in trouble.

3 We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

5 Our Lord and our God,

we praise you

and kneel down to worship you,

the God of holiness!

8 and I praise and honor you

all day long.

4 Our God, you are the one

who rides on the clouds,*

and we praise you.

Your name is the Lord,

and we celebrate

as we worship you.

5 Our God, from your sacred home

you take care of orphans

and protect widows.

17 I will praise you, Lord!

You always do right.

I will sing about you,

the Lord Most High.

22 *and when your people meet,

I will praise you, Lord.

23 All who worship the Lord,

now praise him!

You belong to Jacob’s family

and to the people of Israel,

so fear and honor the Lord!

6 Then I lift my hands in prayer,

because my soul is a desert,

thirsty for water from you.

11 Why am I discouraged?

Why am I restless?

I trust you, Lord!

And I will praise you again

because you help me,

and you are my God.

2 and I have said,

"Only you are my Lord!

Every good thing I have

is a gift from you."

11 Serve and honor the Lord;

be glad and tremble.

2 God Most High, I will rejoice;

I will celebrate and sing

because of you.

5 *Don’t bow down and worship idols. I am the Lord your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

14 I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!

9-11 Then they would bow down because a thick cloud would come down in front of the tent, and the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, just like a friend. Afterwards, Moses would return to camp, but his young assistant Joshua* would stay at the tent.

2 *The Lord is my strength,

the reason for my song,

because he has saved me.

I praise and honor the Lord—

he is my God and the God

of my ancestors.

11 Our Lord, no other gods

compare with you—

Majestic and holy!

Fearsome and glorious!

Miracle worker!

25 Worship only me, the Lord your God! I will bless you with plenty of food and water and keep you strong.

21 Offer your praises to him, because you have seen him work such terrifying miracles for you.

5-19 *Soon you will cross the Jordan, and the Lord will help you conquer your enemies and let you live in peace, there in the land he has given you. But after you are settled, life will be different. You must not offer sacrifices just anywhere you want to. Instead, the Lord will choose a place somewhere in Israel where you must go to worship him. All of your sacrifices and offerings must be taken there, including sacrifices to please the Lord* and any gift you promise or voluntarily give him. That’s where you must also take one tenth of your grain, wine, and olive oil,* as well as the first-born of your cattle, sheep, and goats.* You and your family and servants will eat your gifts and sacrifices* and celebrate there at the place of worship, because the Lord your God has made you successful in everything you have done. And since Levites will not have any land of their own, you must ask some of them to come along and celebrate with you.

Sometimes you may want to kill an animal for food and not as a sacrifice. If the Lord has blessed you and given you enough cows or sheep or goats, then you can butcher one of them where you live. You can eat it just like the meat from a deer or gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And even those people who are unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat. But you must not eat the blood of any animal—let the blood drain out on the ground.

16 You made God jealous and angry

by worshiping disgusting idols

and foreign gods.

17 *You offered sacrifices

to demons, those useless gods*

that never helped you,

new gods that your ancestors

never worshiped.

18 You turned away

from God, your Creator;

you forgot the Mighty Rock,*

the source of your life.

16 But watch out! You will be tempted to turn your backs on the Lord. And if you worship other gods,

13 *The Lord has said:

"These people praise me

with their words,

but they never really

think about me.

They worship me by repeating

rules made up by humans.

1 You, Lord, are my God!

I will praise you

for doing the wonderful things

you had planned and promised

since ancient times.

42 *God turned his back on his people and left them. Then they worshiped the stars in the sky, just as it says in the Book of the Prophets, "People of Israel, you didn’t offer sacrifices and offerings to me during those 40 years in the desert. 43 Instead, you carried the tent where the god Molech is worshiped, and you took along the star of your god Rephan. You made those idols and worshiped them. So now I will have you carried off beyond Babylonia."

18 Don’t be cheated by people who make a show of acting humble and who worship angels.* They brag about seeing visions. But it is all nonsense, because their minds are filled with selfish desires. 19 *They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.

3 But don’t be fooled! People will rebel against God. Then before the Lord returns, the wicked* one who is doomed to be destroyed will appear. 4 *He will brag and oppose everything holy or sacred. He will even sit in God’s temple and claim to be God.

20 When Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his head because of his great sorrow. He knelt on the ground, then worshiped God 21 *and said:

"We bring nothing at birth;

we take nothing

with us at death.

The Lord alone gives and takes.

Praise the name of the Lord!"

11 *They praised the Lord and gave thanks as they took turns singing:

"The Lord is good!

His faithful love for Israel

will last forever."

Everyone started shouting and praising the Lord because work on the foundation of the temple had begun.

37 That’s why I say:

"Praise and honor the King

who rules from heaven!

Everything he does

is honest and fair,

and he can shatter the power

of those who are proud."

22 Lord All-Powerful, you are greater than all others. No one is like you, and you alone are God. Everything we have heard about you is true.

2 No other god* is like you.

And with you we are safer

than on a high mountain.*

5 Then the Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said:

"Stand and shout praises

to your Lord,

the eternal God!*

Praise his wonderful name,

though he is greater

than words can express."

17 Fig trees may no longer bloom,

or vineyards produce grapes;

olive trees may be fruitless,

and harvest time a failure;

sheep pens may be empty,

and cattle stalls vacant—

18 but I will still celebrate

because the Lord God

is my Savior.

12 You will turn back to me and ask for help, and I will answer your prayers.

8 Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can’t make up your mind.