Adoration

Adoration of God by his people

Deuteronomy 10:12 ESV

12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Adoration and love for God

Ps 31:23; Ps 116:1

See also Dt 6:5; Dt 11:1; Jos 22:5; Ps 18:1; Ps 26:8

Adoration and reverence for God

Psalm 5:7 ESV

7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

See also Ex 3:5; Dt 13:4; Jos 5:15; 1 Ch 16:29; Ps 29:2; Ps 33:8; Ps 95:6; Ps 99:5; Da 6:26; Jon 1:16; Hab 2:20

Examples of adoration in worship

Moses and the Israelites:

Ex 15:1–2; Ex 15:6–7; Ex 15:11–12

1 Sa 2:1–2 Hannah; 2 Sa 22:47–51 David; 1 Ki 8:23–24 Solomon

The psalmist:

Ps 27:4; Ps 63:2–5; Ps 73:25–26; Ps 84:1–2; Ps 103:1–5; Ps 103:20–22

Lk 1:46–49 Mary

The inhabitants of heaven:

Re 4:8–11; Re 5:8–14; Re 7:9–12; Re 15:3–4; Re 19:6–8

Adoration also describes the love between man and woman

Pr 5:18–19; So 1:2–4