Bible Verses About Lent
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lent, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,739 votes, led by Matthew 6:16-18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lent
Matthew 6:16-18421 votes
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:1-34178 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 4:1-25143 votes
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Joel 2:12-13140 votes
Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
1 Peter 5:6122 votes
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Isaiah 58:6-7107 votes
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
1 Timothy 4:1-5101 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Colossians 2:16-1787 votes
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
John 3:1681 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Isaiah 43:2565 votes
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Mark 1:1564 votes
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Genesis 3:1958 votes
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
1 Peter 1:357 votes
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Acts 15:955 votes
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Luke 13:352 votes
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Daniel 9:348 votes
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
John 13:1-1747 votes
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Ezekiel 18:2146 votes
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Matthew 9:1546 votes
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
John 17:1738 votes
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
2 Corinthians 6:233 votes
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Acts 26:2032 votes
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Mark 7:7-931 votes
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Luke 6:12-1528 votes
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
John 1:126 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
What does the Bible say about lent?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:16-18 on the subject of lent. Across 2,739 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:1-34, Matthew 4:1-25, Joel 2:12-13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.