Bible Verses About Ministers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ministers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,042 votes, led by Hebrews 13:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ministers
Hebrews 13:1779 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Hebrews 13:760 votes
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Jeremiah 3:1555 votes
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Acts 20:2848 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Timothy 5:1747 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Ephesians 4:1142 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
2 Timothy 4:542 votes
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
2 Timothy 2:1541 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Peter 5:339 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Acts 1:838 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.
1 Timothy 2:738 votes
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
James 3:136 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Ephesians 4:11-1335 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Titus 1:734 votes
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Acts 18:2632 votes
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
Acts 6:431 votes
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
1 Timothy 3:231 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Peter 3:1531 votes
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Acts 20:2430 votes
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Galatians 3:2829 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:1229 votes
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
1 Timothy 4:1229 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Titus 1:5-927 votes
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
2 Corinthians 3:626 votes
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 4:525 votes
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
What does the Bible say about ministers?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:17 on the subject of ministers. Across 2,042 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:7, Jeremiah 3:15, Acts 20:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.