45 Bible Verses about elders
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Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"
"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.
All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.
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Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
Church » Membership of officers in » Elders
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
Elders » Governmental
He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, "I am old and well advanced in years.
Elders » Christian
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
Elders » Jewish
Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Leaders » Elders » Governmental
He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, "I am old and well advanced in years.
Leaders » Elders » Jewish
Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Names » Of ministers » Elders
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Paul » sends for » Elders » Ephesus
From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly. When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time, serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews; read more.
how I didn't shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
Religious » Elders » Governmental
He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, "I am old and well advanced in years.
Religious » Elders » Jewish
Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Titles and names of ministers » Elders
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
Topics on Elders
Elders In Heaven
Revelation 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
elders, as community leaders
Exodus 19:7Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
elders, in the church
Acts 15:4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
The Elders Gathered
Exodus 3:16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
Twenty Four Elders
Revelation 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,