What Does the Bible Say About Crowns In The Bible?

James 1:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Revelation 2:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

1 Peter 5:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

2 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

1 Thessalonians 2:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

Revelation 4:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

Revelation 3:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

Philippians 4:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

Revelation 12:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

Revelation 6:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.

Revelation 4:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.

Isaiah 28:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In that day the Lord of hosts will be a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

2 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

1 Corinthians 9:24-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

Isaiah 62:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Proverbs 4:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

Revelation 22:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.

Revelation 4:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy.

John 19:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!”

Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

1 Peter 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

1 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.

Matthew 5:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Zechariah 6:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Ezekiel 16:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

Proverbs 16:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Psalm 21:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

Revelation 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.

Revelation 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.

1 Peter 5:2-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 9:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.

1 Corinthians 9:25-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 9:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

1 Corinthians 3:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

1 Corinthians 3:10-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. ...

1 Corinthians 3:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. ...

John 16:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Mark 15:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

Matthew 27:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Isaiah 28:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

Song of Solomon 3:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Proverbs 22:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.

Proverbs 17:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Psalm 132:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine.”

Psalm 103:2-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Esther 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Esther 2:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

2 Samuel 12:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

Exodus 39:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the Lord.”

61 Bible Verses about Crowns In The Bible

James 1:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 2:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 4:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Isaiah 28:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:24-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 62:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 4:10-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 19:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zechariah 6:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 16:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 16:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 21:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 16:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 15:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 27:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 28:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 3:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 132:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Esther 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Samuel 12:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 39:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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