Bible Verses About Jerusalem
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for jerusalem, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,359 votes, led by Psalms 122:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Jerusalem
Psalms 122:6315 votes
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Jeremiah 3:17210 votes
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
2 Chronicles 6:6188 votes
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Isaiah 62:1183 votes
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Zechariah 12:9173 votes
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:2170 votes
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Zechariah 8:3169 votes
Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
Psalms 125:2150 votes
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Psalms 122:3-5144 votes
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
Galatians 4:26125 votes
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
1 Kings 11:36107 votes
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Matthew 5:3596 votes
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Luke 13:3491 votes
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Psalms 137:5-684 votes
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Matthew 23:3783 votes
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Isaiah 52:174 votes
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Acts 1:869 votes
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 2:1-4763 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Ezra 1:259 votes
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Luke 19:41-4458 votes
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Ezra 1:2-356 votes
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Psalms 122:1-956 votes
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Zechariah 12:356 votes
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Joel 3:255 votes
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Genesis 12:352 votes
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
What does the Bible say about jerusalem?
Readers most often cite Psalms 122:6 on the subject of jerusalem. Across 5,359 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 3:17, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Isaiah 62:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.