Bible Verses About Priests
398 Scriptures on Priests




Verses About Priests

2 Kings 12:9

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD: and the priests who kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 17:27

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land."

2 Kings 17:28

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

2 Kings 17:32

So they feared the LORD, and made to them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

2 Kings 19:2

He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

2 Kings 23:2

The king went up to the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 23:20

He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.



2 Kings 23:4

The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

2 Kings 23:5

He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

2 Kings 23:8

He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

2 Kings 23:9

Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn't come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

2 Samuel 15:35

Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

2 Samuel 17:15

Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.

2 Samuel 19:11

King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? Since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house.



2 Samuel 20:25

and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

2 Samuel 8:17

and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;

Acts 22:30

But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

Acts 23:14

They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Acts 25:15

about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

Acts 26:10

This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

Acts 26:12

"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,



Acts 4:1

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

Acts 4:23

Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

Acts 5:24

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

Acts 6:7

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Acts 9:14

Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

Acts 9:21

All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

Baruch 1:16

And to our kings and our princes and our priests and our prophets and our fathers, you shall say:



Baruch 1:7

and they sent it to Jerusalem to Joachim the high priest, the son of Hilkiah, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people who were with him at Jerusalem,

Bel and the Dragon 1:10

Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.

Bel and the Dragon 1:11

So Bel's priests said, "Lo, we go out; but you, O king, set out the meat and prepare the wine, and shut the door fast and seal it with your own signet;

Bel and the Dragon 1:15

Now in the night the priests with their wives and children came, as they were accustomed to do, and they ate and drank it all.

Bel and the Dragon 1:21

and he took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the private doors where they came in and consumed such things as were on the table.

Bel and the Dragon 1:28

When they of Babylon heard this, they took great indignation and conspired against the king, saying, "The king has become a Jew and he has destroyed Bel; he has slain the dragon and put the priests to death."

Bel and the Dragon 1:8

So the king was angry and called for his priests, and said to them, "If you do not tell me who it is that devours these expenses, you shall die!



Deuteronomy 17:18

It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:

Deuteronomy 17:9

and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.

Deuteronomy 18:1

The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Deuteronomy 18:3

This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

Deuteronomy 19:17

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

Deuteronomy 21:5

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.



Deuteronomy 27:9

Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, "Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 31:9

Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:10

Sometimes also the priests steal gold and silver from their gods and bestow it upon themselves.

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:18

And, just as the doors are made secure on every side of him who offends the king, as one committed to suffer death, so also do the priests secure their temples with doors, with locks and bars, lest their gods be spoiled by robbers.

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:28

As for the things which are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse; in the same way their wives store up part of it in salt; but to the poor and powerless they give none of it.

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:31

and the priests sit in their temples, having their clothes torn, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads?

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:33

The priests also take off their garments, and clothe their wives and children.



Epistle of Jeremiah 6:48

For when any war or plague comes upon them, the priests consult among themselves, as to where they may be hidden with them.


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