Bible Verses About Anointing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for anointing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 767 votes, led by 1 John 2:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Anointing
1 John 2:2078 votes
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1 John 2:2770 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.
Luke 4:1853 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,
James 5:1446 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:
Isaiah 61:135 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;
Mark 6:1331 votes
And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Luke 7:4630 votes
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
2 Corinthians 1:2124 votes
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
Exodus 40:923 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.
Leviticus 8:1022 votes
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
Leviticus 8:1222 votes
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
Isaiah 61:1-221 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;
Isaiah 61:321 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.
Psalms 20:619 votes
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Genesis 28:1817 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.
Luke 10:3417 votes
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Isaiah 45:116 votes
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Exodus 40:1015 votes
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
Acts 10:3814 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 45:713 votes
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Daniel 9:2413 votes
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Luke 7:3713 votes
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
John 12:3-713 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 8:1112 votes
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Song of Songs 1:312 votes
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
What does the Bible say about anointing?
Readers most often cite 1 John 2:20 on the subject of anointing. Across 767 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 2:27, Luke 4:18, James 5:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.