Bible Verses About Veneration Of Relics And The Saints

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

Direct passage about prayers of all the saints.

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Direct passage about bowls of incense which are the prayers of the saints.

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

Bible text about leaving bones undisturbed, useful background for burial respect.

At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

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Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Bible command to sing and give thanks in remembrance of holiness.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

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And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

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Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

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Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Direct Bible passage on the death of saints being precious to the Lord.

And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

Shows disciples taking and burying a martyr's corpse.

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Bible passage on reverence in the assembly of the saints.

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

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When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

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And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

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And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

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And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

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In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

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He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Devout burial of Stephen shows reverent treatment of a martyr's body.

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

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Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

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Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

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Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

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Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

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And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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