Bible Verses about Burning Sage

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 02/23/2021
Bible Verses about Burning Sage

Bible Verses about Burning Sage - Scripture on Incense Rituals

The burning of sage or incense is performed by both the Western Catholic and Eastern Christian churches as a ceremony of the prayer of the faithful rising to heaven. This relationship is seen in Psalm 141:2 - "Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight: the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice." Burning sage and incense is usually practiced as part of a purification ritual before prayer and worshiping the Lord.

In the Revelation of John, incense symbolizes the prayers of the saints in heaven - the "golden bowl full of incense" are "the prayers of the saints" which rise up to the Kingdom of God.

Discover the top Bible verses about burning sage and incense in this collection of scriptures. To find the full context of shorter scripture quotes, click on "Chapter" above each verse.

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Hebrews 9:4

4 which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
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Exodus 25:6

6 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
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Malachi 1:11

His Name is Great! Now let's spread it! - Malachi 1:11
11 My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD Almighty.
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Psalms 141:2

2 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
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Revelation 5:8

8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
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Revelation 18:13

13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
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Revelation 8:3-4

3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne.
4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.
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Exodus 30:7-8

7 “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.
8 He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.
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John 3:16

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16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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Leviticus 16:12-13

12 He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain.
13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.
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Luke 1:9-10

9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
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Proverbs 30:4

4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
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Revelation 20:4

4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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