The word in Scripture

Incense in the Bible

The word incense appears 129 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Incense is the fragrant offering that pictures prayer rising to God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What incense means in the Bible

Incense is the fragrant offering that pictures prayer rising to God.

Where the word incense appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word incense appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.”Exodus 30:8

“I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.”Psalms 66:15

“Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”Psalms 141:2

“Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.”Isaiah 43:23

“A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;”Isaiah 65:3

“Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;”Jeremiah 7:9

“According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.”Luke 1:9

“And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.”Revelation 8:4