Bible Verses About Tradition
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for tradition, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 725 votes, led by 2 Thessalonians 2:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Tradition
2 Thessalonians 2:1570 votes
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
1 Corinthians 11:1-256 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Colossians 2:856 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:244 votes
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
2 Thessalonians 3:643 votes
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Matthew 15:341 votes
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
1 Timothy 4:734 votes
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
2 Thessalonians 2:14-1533 votes
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 20:19-2421 votes
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Matthew 15:2-620 votes
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
1 Timothy 3:14-1520 votes
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
John 6:50-7119 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
Matthew 15:618 votes
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
1 Timothy 1:418 votes
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
John 16:1317 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Mark 7:3-916 votes
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Mark 7:1-3715 votes
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
James 1:1-415 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Acts 17:1114 votes
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
2 Timothy 2:214 votes
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 3:1614 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Matthew 15:3-2013 votes
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
John 21:2513 votes
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Colossians 3:213 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Mark 7:812 votes
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
What does the Bible say about tradition?
Readers most often cite 2 Thessalonians 2:15 on the subject of tradition. Across 725 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 11:1-2, Colossians 2:8, 1 Corinthians 11:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.