45 Bible Verses about elders

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Deuteronomy 32:7

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.

Ezekiel 8:12

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, 'The LORD doesn't see us. The LORD has forsaken the land.'"

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

Numbers 11:25

The LORD 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.

Revelation 7:13

One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"

Revelation 4:10

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,

Numbers 11:16

The LORD 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.

Acts 15:6

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

Acts 21:18

The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

Acts 11:30

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Revelation 14:3

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.

Psalm 119:100

I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

Acts 20:17

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the church.

Luke 22:66

As soon as it was day, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

Matthew 28:12

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

Joel 1:14

Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of the LORD, your God, and cry to the LORD.

Revelation 11:16

The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

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.

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

Joel 2:16

Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her chamber.

Revelation 7:11

All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne, and worshiped God,

Joel 1:2

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?

Lamentations 4:16

The LORD himself has scattered them; he will no more regard them. They did not respect the priests, they did not favor the elders.

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Acts 11:30

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

More verses: Acts 15:2

Elders » Governmental

Exodus 24:1

He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

Exodus 3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'The LORD, 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;

Exodus 4:29

Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

Exodus 19:7

Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

Joshua 23:2

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

Acts 11:30

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

More verses: Acts 15:2

Elders » Jewish

Matthew 26:57

Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

Matthew 21:23

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?"

Mark 15:1

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 to Pilate.

Acts 22:5

As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

Leaders » Elders » Governmental

Exodus 24:1

He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

Exodus 3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'The LORD, 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;

Exodus 4:29

Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

Exodus 19:7

Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

Joshua 23:2

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

Matthew 26:57

Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

Matthew 21:23

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?"

Mark 15:1

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 to Pilate.

Acts 22:5

As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

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Paul » sends for » Elders » Ephesus

Acts 20:17-21

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the church. 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 did not 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

Exodus 24:1

He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

Exodus 3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'The LORD, 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;

Exodus 4:29

Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

Exodus 19:7

Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

Joshua 23:2

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

Matthew 26:57

Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

Matthew 21:23

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?"

Mark 15:1

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 to Pilate.

Acts 22:5

As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

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elders, as community leaders

Exodus 19:7

Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

elders, in the church

Acts 15:4

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

The Elders Gathered

Exodus 3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'The LORD, 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 4:10

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,

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