The word in Scripture

Staff in the Bible

The word staff appears 43 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A staff supports the weary traveler and guides the flock. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What staff means in the Bible

A staff supports the weary traveler and guides the flock.

Where the word staff appears

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

“I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.”Genesis 32:10

“And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.”Genesis 38:18

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”Psalms 23:4

“Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.”Psalms 105:16

“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”Isaiah 10:5

“The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.”Isaiah 14:5

“And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:”Mark 6:8

“By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.”Hebrews 11:21