Bible Verses About Persia
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for persia, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 296 votes, led by Esther 1:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Persia
Esther 1:331 votes
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Isaiah 44:2826 votes
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Isaiah 13:1723 votes
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Ezra 3:719 votes
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Ezra 7:1-2818 votes
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Daniel 6:8-1218 votes
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Ezra 4:313 votes
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Isaiah 45:113 votes
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Daniel 5:2813 votes
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel 6:113 votes
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Esther 1:10-2212 votes
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Isaiah 45:1312 votes
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.
Ezra 4:7-2411 votes
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Ezra 5:1311 votes
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra 6:311 votes
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Ezra 9:911 votes
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 38:511 votes
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ezra 5:1410 votes
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
Nehemiah 2:1-2010 votes
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Nehemiah 3:16-1810 votes
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
What does the Bible say about persia?
Readers most often cite Esther 1:3 on the subject of persia. Across 296 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 13:17, Ezra 3:7. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.