Bible Verses About Preachers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for preachers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 660 votes, led by 1 Timothy 3:1-16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Preachers
1 Timothy 3:1-1662 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 Timothy 2:1553 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Mark 16:1542 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Romans 2:21-2338 votes
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
1 Timothy 5:1733 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Jeremiah 3:1528 votes
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Acts 1:825 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.
Psalms 105:1524 votes
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Isaiah 52:721 votes
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Romans 2:1319 votes
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Titus 1:1-1617 votes
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Romans 1:2216 votes
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
James 1:2216 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
2 Peter 1:20-2116 votes
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Job 6:2415 votes
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Romans 10:14-1515 votes
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Hebrews 13:1715 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.
Acts 20:2814 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 Peter 3:1514 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:
Revelation 1:114 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:
Numbers 11:2913 votes
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!
Mark 16:15-1913 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Galatians 1:8-913 votes
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
1 Peter 4:6-5:613 votes
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Luke 2:36-3812 votes
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
What does the Bible say about preachers?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 3:1-16 on the subject of preachers. Across 660 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 2:15, Mark 16:15, Romans 2:21-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.