Bible Verses About Anointing Oil
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for anointing oil, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,130 votes, led by James 5:14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Anointing Oil
James 5:14425 votes
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Mark 6:13343 votes
And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Exodus 40:9261 votes
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
Exodus 30:31-33221 votes
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
1 John 2:27195 votes
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Hebrews 1:9177 votes
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Matthew 6:17176 votes
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Exodus 30:22-25160 votes
Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Acts 10:38157 votes
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Psalms 23:1-6132 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 Samuel 10:1131 votes
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Exodus 29:7127 votes
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Luke 4:18120 votes
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 7:46109 votes
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Genesis 28:18103 votes
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
1 John 2:20103 votes
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Exodus 30:2595 votes
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Psalms 133:1-394 votes
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Isaiah 61:1-1184 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Psalms 23:583 votes
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalms 45:781 votes
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Leviticus 8:1278 votes
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
2 Corinthians 1:21-2275 votes
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
John 12:374 votes
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Leviticus 8:1072 votes
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
What does the Bible say about anointing oil?
Readers most often cite James 5:14 on the subject of anointing oil. Across 6,130 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 6:13, Exodus 40:9, Exodus 30:31-33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.