What Does the Bible Say About Praying For Your Pastor?

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Psalm 119:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.

James 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 8:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

John 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Luke 12:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Isaiah 30:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

Psalm 119:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Psalm 119:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

Psalm 119:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

Psalm 78:72 ESV / 2 helpful votes

With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

1 Kings 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.

Exodus 1:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. ...

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

James 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

1 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

1 Kings 3:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

29 Bible Verses about Praying For Your Pastor

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 119:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 30:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 78:72 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Kings 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 1:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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29 Bible Verses about Praying For Your Pastor

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1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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Psalm 119:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 30:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Psalm 141:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 78:72 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Kings 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 1:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Colossians 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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