Bible Verses About Pastor
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for pastor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,122 votes, led by Jeremiah 3:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Pastor
Jeremiah 3:15144 votes
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Acts 20:28101 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.
Ephesians 4:1186 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Hebrews 13:1783 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.
1 Timothy 3:1-770 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Timothy 5:1760 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
2 Timothy 4:260 votes
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
James 3:155 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Corinthians 9:1450 votes
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Hebrews 13:747 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.
1 Peter 3:1547 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:
1 Peter 5:1-444 votes
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Timothy 2:1543 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Titus 2:3-543 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Revelation 1:143 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
1 Thessalonians 5:12-1341 votes
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Titus 1:5-941 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:
Titus 1:641 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Ephesians 4:11-1238 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Galatians 6:937 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Titus 1:737 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;
1 Timothy 3:236 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Psalms 37:2335 votes
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Proverbs 27:2335 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Matthew 6:3335 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
What does the Bible say about pastor?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 3:15 on the subject of pastor. Across 3,122 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 20:28, Ephesians 4:11, Hebrews 13:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.