Bible Verses About Priests
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for priests, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,415 votes, led by 1 Peter 2:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Priests
1 Peter 2:9103 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Revelation 1:656 votes
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 2:547 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1 Peter 2:544 votes
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Malachi 2:740 votes
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Numbers 18:739 votes
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Revelation 5:1038 votes
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
2 Chronicles 13:1134 votes
And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
Exodus 19:631 votes
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Revelation 20:626 votes
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Hebrews 5:125 votes
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Hebrews 8:325 votes
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
Romans 12:124 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
James 5:1623 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.
Hebrews 5:1021 votes
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Numbers 3:1020 votes
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Ezekiel 40:4620 votes
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.
Ezra 2:36-3919 votes
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
1 Timothy 3:219 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Hebrews 5:619 votes
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 10:1119 votes
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Genesis 14:1818 votes
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Hebrews 6:2018 votes
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Acts 23:1-517 votes
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Exodus 29:1-4616 votes
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
What does the Bible say about priests?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 2:9 on the subject of priests. Across 1,415 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 1:6, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Peter 2:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.