Bible Verses About Oil
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for oil, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,732 votes, led by Proverbs 21:20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Oil
Proverbs 21:20124 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Psalms 23:5119 votes
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
1 Samuel 10:1115 votes
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Luke 7:46113 votes
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Psalms 45:7111 votes
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Exodus 25:6110 votes
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
James 5:14109 votes
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Exodus 27:20100 votes
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus 29:799 votes
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
2 Kings 4:1-797 votes
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Mark 6:1397 votes
And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
James 5:14-1587 votes
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Exodus 30:23-2579 votes
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Luke 4:1878 votes
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Isaiah 61:377 votes
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Proverbs 21:1776 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Matthew 25:376 votes
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
1 John 2:2774 votes
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Exodus 35:2873 votes
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Leviticus 8:1273 votes
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
Luke 10:3467 votes
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Exodus 35:866 votes
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Leviticus 2:466 votes
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
Exodus 30:2465 votes
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Genesis 28:1864 votes
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
What does the Bible say about oil?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 21:20 on the subject of oil. Across 6,732 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 23:5, 1 Samuel 10:1, Luke 7:46. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.