Bible Verses About Praying to Saints
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for praying to saints, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,425 votes, led by 1 Timothy 2:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Praying to Saints
1 Timothy 2:5249 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
John 14:6154 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 John 4:184 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Revelation 5:867 votes
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Leviticus 26:166 votes
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
Ephesians 6:1866 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Romans 8:2765 votes
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
John 15:751 votes
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
1 Timothy 2:151 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
James 5:1651 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Romans 1:739 votes
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Exodus 20:438 votes
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Matthew 6:738 votes
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Philippians 4:6-732 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Matthew 24:2429 votes
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Revelation 19:1029 votes
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Hebrews 4:1628 votes
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 7:2528 votes
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Isaiah 8:1927 votes
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Luke 20:4627 votes
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
2 Corinthians 11:1425 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
1 Corinthians 14:3324 votes
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Romans 8:26-2721 votes
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Revelation 22:1619 votes
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Hebrews 7:23-2417 votes
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
What does the Bible say about praying to saints?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 2:5 on the subject of praying to saints. Across 1,425 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 14:6, 1 John 4:1, Revelation 5:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.