Bible Verses About Anointing with Oil
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for anointing with oil, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 14,119 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 with Oil
James 5:14523 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 6:13436 votes
And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Luke 7:46291 votes
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
1 John 2:27283 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 1:9278 votes
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Leviticus 8:12277 votes
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
Acts 10:38275 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.
1 John 2:20269 votes
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Exodus 29:7267 votes
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Matthew 6:17254 votes
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Exodus 40:9247 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.
Luke 4:18241 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,
Psalms 45:7233 votes
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Isaiah 61:1200 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;
Leviticus 8:30197 votes
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
1 Samuel 10:1197 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 25:6192 votes
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Genesis 28:18186 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 Kings 19:16183 votes
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
1 Samuel 16:13178 votes
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
Ruth 3:3174 votes
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
John 12:3170 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.
Isaiah 61:3163 votes
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Exodus 30:25161 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.
James 5:14-15147 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:
What does the Bible say about anointing with oil?
Readers most often cite James 5:14 on the subject of anointing with oil. Across 14,119 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 6:13, Luke 7:46, 1 John 2:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.