What does the Bible say about the number seven?

12 verses about the number seven, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about the number seven

1. Matthew 18:21 — Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 7 votes
2. Revelation 4:5 — And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 7 votes
3. Genesis 5:31 — And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 5 votes
4. Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 5 votes
5. Revelation 12:3 — And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 5 votes
6. Numbers 7:1 — And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 4 votes
7. Revelation 1:4 — John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 4 votes
8. Genesis 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 3 votes
9. Leviticus 25:8 — And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 3 votes
10. Numbers 23:1 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 3 votes
11. Deuteronomy 5:12 — Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. 2 votes
12. Revelation 1:1 — The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 votes

Where these verses are

Revelation (4), Genesis (3), Numbers (2), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Matthew (1)

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