What Does the Bible Say About Bad Priest?

Matthew 23:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Judges 17:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living.” And the Levite went in.

1 John 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.

Hebrews 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

Hebrews 7:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. For you know how, like a father with his children,

Philippians 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 4:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

Romans 9:1-16:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. ...

Romans 1:1-4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” ...

John 11:51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

Matthew 23:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

Matthew 23:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.

Matthew 23:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, ...

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”

Matthew 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Psalm 126:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb! Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! ...

Judges 18:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they said to him, “Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

27 Bible Verses about Bad Priest

Matthew 23:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Judges 17:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 7:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 2:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 9:1-16:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 11:51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 126:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judges 18:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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27 Bible Verses about Bad Priest

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Matthew 23:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Judges 17:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 7:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 2:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 9:1-16:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 11:51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 126:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judges 18:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 12:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote