Bible Verses About Tribes
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for tribes, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 323 votes, led by Genesis 49:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Tribes
Genesis 49:2827 votes
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
John 3:16-1719 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
James 1:118 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Genesis 49:1-3315 votes
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Exodus 28:2115 votes
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Numbers 36:915 votes
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
Acts 17:10-1115 votes
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Genesis 49:1014 votes
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Jeremiah 31:1014 votes
Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Genesis 48:1613 votes
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Joshua 4:513 votes
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Hosea 11:1013 votes
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Acts 26:713 votes
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Numbers 36:312 votes
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
Matthew 19:2812 votes
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Numbers 31:411 votes
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
Numbers 33:5411 votes
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Deuteronomy 1:1311 votes
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Joshua 3:1211 votes
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Jeremiah 3:1811 votes
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
Genesis 49:1610 votes
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Exodus 24:410 votes
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus 39:1410 votes
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
Jeremiah 31:810 votes
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
What does the Bible say about tribes?
Readers most often cite Genesis 49:28 on the subject of tribes. Across 323 votes, 24 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 3:16-17, James 1:1, Genesis 49:1-33. This page lists all 24 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.