Bible Verses About Burning Incense
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for burning incense, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 91,099 votes, led by Psalms 141:2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Burning Incense
Psalms 141:22,223 votes
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Revelation 5:82,017 votes
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Luke 1:101,751 votes
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
Exodus 30:91,717 votes
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Revelation 8:3-41,717 votes
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Leviticus 10:1-21,636 votes
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
Leviticus 16:12-131,601 votes
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Leviticus 16:121,549 votes
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Exodus 30:7-81,535 votes
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Malachi 1:111,485 votes
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Revelation 8:31,354 votes
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Isaiah 1:131,321 votes
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Exodus 30:1-381,268 votes
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Exodus 30:11,243 votes
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Exodus 25:61,222 votes
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Exodus 30:81,205 votes
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
Leviticus 16:131,017 votes
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Exodus 30:71,012 votes
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Exodus 40:51,012 votes
And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:27977 votes
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 30:34966 votes
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
Deuteronomy 33:10926 votes
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Leviticus 10:1889 votes
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
2 Chronicles 13:11802 votes
And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
Exodus 30:7-9790 votes
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
What does the Bible say about burning incense?
Readers most often cite Psalms 141:2 on the subject of burning incense. Across 91,099 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 5:8, Luke 1:10, Exodus 30:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.