Bible Verses About Intercession of Saints
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for intercession of saints, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,013 votes, led by Revelation 8:3-4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Intercession of Saints
Revelation 8:3-4101 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.
James 5:1689 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1 Timothy 2:579 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 6:1868 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Revelation 5:860 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.
Hebrews 7:2557 votes
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
1 Timothy 2:149 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Revelation 8:446 votes
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
Hebrews 12:141 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Romans 8:3439 votes
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
1 Timothy 2:1-432 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Job 42:830 votes
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Revelation 8:326 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.
Romans 15:3025 votes
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
John 14:620 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Philemon 1:2218 votes
But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
Genesis 20:1717 votes
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Matthew 5:4417 votes
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Philippians 1:1917 votes
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 12:22-2417 votes
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Revelation 8:1-1316 votes
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Revelation 14:1216 votes
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Genesis 20:713 votes
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
1 Samuel 12:2313 votes
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Romans 8:2613 votes
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
What does the Bible say about intercession of saints?
Readers most often cite Revelation 8:3-4 on the subject of intercession of saints. Across 1,013 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, 1 Timothy 2:5, Ephesians 6:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.