Elder

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Deuteronomy 1:13 OT

  Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”

• Deuteronomy 1:15 OT

  So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

• Acts 11:29 NT

  As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

• Acts 11:30 NT

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

• Acts 14:23 NT

  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.

• Acts 15:1-35 NT

  Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and…

• Acts 16:4 NT

  As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

• Acts 16:5 NT

  So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

• Acts 20:17 NT

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

• Acts 20:28-32 NT

  Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. For I know that after my departure, vicious…

• Acts 21:18 NT

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

• 1 Timothy 4:14 NT

  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.

• 1 Timothy 5:17-19 NT

  Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his…

• Titus 1:5-9 NT

  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, if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not…

• Hebrews 11:2 NT

  For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

• James 5:14 NT

  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,

• James 5:15 NT

  and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

• 1 Peter 5:1-5 NT

  Therefore 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. Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not…

• 2 John 1:1 NT

  The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those who know the truth,

• 3 John 1:1 NT

  The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

• Revelation 4:4 NT

  Around 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.

• Revelation 4:10 NT

  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,

• Revelation 5:5 NT

  One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

• Revelation 5:6 NT

  I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the…