Anointing signifies consecration and empowerment for divine service. Reflect on verses that illustrate the significance of anointing, whether in appointing leaders, healing the sick, or symbolizing the Holy Spirit’s presence and power.
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Bible Verses About Anointing
1 John 2:27 – The anointing teaches us all things
“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.”
Psalm 92:10 – God anoints us with fresh oil
“But you have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me.”
James 5:14 – Anointing the sick with oil
“Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.”
Isaiah 61:1 – Anointed to proclaim good news
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.”
Luke 4:18 – The anointing breaks chains
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”
Acts 10:38 – Jesus anointed with the Holy Spirit
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.”
Exodus 30:30 – Set apart through anointing
“Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.”
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 – God establishes us and anoints us
“Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who anointed us, is God; he has also sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.”
Revelation 3:18 – Anoint your eyes with salve
“I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so you can become rich; white clothes to wear so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes so you can see.”
Psalm 23:5 – Anointed my head with oil
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”
Hebrews 1:9 – Jesus loved righteousness and was anointed
“You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
1 Samuel 16:13 – Anointing David as king
“So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David.”
Psalm 105:15 – Touch not my anointed
“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
Mark 6:13 – Anointing the sick with oil
“They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.”
1 Kings 19:16 – Anointing Elisha
“Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.”
Isaiah 10:27 – The anointing breaks the yoke
“In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.”
John 3:34 – Jesus received the Spirit without measure
“For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.”
Psalm 20:6 – The Lord’s anointed saves
“Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.”
2 Samuel 22:51 – Great deliverance for His anointed
“He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
Matthew 26:7 – Anointing Jesus with expensive perfume
“A woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.”
1 Chronicles 16:22 – Do not harm my anointed
“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
Luke 7:38 – Anointed Jesus’ feet with perfume
“As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.”
Mark 14:3 – A woman anoints Jesus at Bethany
“While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.”
Isaiah 45:1 – Anointed Cyrus as king
“This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:”
Colossians 1:27 – The hope of glory in us
“To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
Matthew 10:8 – Heal the sick, raise the dead
“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.”
Proverbs 27:9 – The sweetness of a friend’s counsel
“The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.”
1 Peter 2:9 – A chosen people, a royal priesthood
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
Jeremiah 1:5 – Set apart before birth
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Galatians 5:22-23 – Fruits of the Spirit through anointing
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Zechariah 4:6 – Not by might, but by His Spirit
“So he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.”