Bible Verses About Taking Care of the Pastor
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for taking care of the pastor, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,404 votes, led by Galatians 6:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Taking Care of the Pastor
Galatians 6:6511 votes
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Hebrews 13:17443 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 5:17-18394 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13234 votes
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Acts 20:28200 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.
Luke 10:7176 votes
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
1 Corinthians 9:14165 votes
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-14152 votes
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Ephesians 4:11143 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Corinthians 9:9140 votes
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1 Timothy 5:17139 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Peter 5:2137 votes
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 John 1:5-8136 votes
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
James 3:1133 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Timothy 5:8128 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Peter 5:1-4114 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 Chronicles 31:4-10113 votes
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:11113 votes
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Titus 1:7110 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;
Matthew 10:10106 votes
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Titus 1:5100 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:
Hebrews 13:7100 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 Corinthians 9:11-1494 votes
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Deuteronomy 25:493 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
1 Timothy 3:1-789 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
What does the Bible say about taking care of the pastor?
Readers most often cite Galatians 6:6 on the subject of taking care of the pastor. Across 7,404 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:17, 1 Timothy 5:17-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.