65 Bible Verses about Greetings

Soon King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's entire army. He sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Toi. Joram brought articles of gold, silver, and copper with him.

When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Zobah's King Hadadezer, he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Tou.

As soon as the king of Sodom returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, he went out to meet Abram at the King's Valley of Shaveh. King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said: Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth.read more.
Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand! Abram gave him one tenth of everything.

Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing.

One of Nabal's servants told Nabal's wife Abigail: Have you heard? David sent some messengers from the wilderness with greetings for our master. He insulted them.

Go into a city or village and search for the worthy ones. Stay with them until you are ready to leave. When you enter the house, offer a blessing of peace. If the people are worthy, let your blessing stand. If they are not worthy, let your peace return to you.read more.
If someone will not welcome you and listen to the message, leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet and move on. I tell you, it will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that town.

They require recognition in public places and insist on being called Rabbi by men.

He said: Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have greetings in the marketplaces.

Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes. They love greetings in the marketplaces. They sit in the chief seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts.

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the prominent seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. Moses bowed with his face touching the ground and kissed Jethro. They asked each other how they were. Then they entered the tent.

Esau ran to meet him. He threw his arms around him, and kissed him. They both cried.

Joseph got in his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father. When they met, Joseph threw his arms around his father's neck and cried for a long time.

They went into Micah's house, where the young Levite lived. They greeted the Levite.

You will go from there until you find the oak tree of Tabor. You will see three men going up to God to Bethel. One will have three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine: They will say: 'Peace be with you.' They will give you two cakes of bread that you should take from them.

and just as he was placing it on the altar, Samuel arrived. So Saul went out to welcome him.

David left his things with the man in charge of supplies. He ran up to the battle line to ask his brothers if they were well.

On the way back, David met the two hundred men he left at Besor Gorge. They were too tired to keep up with him. They approached David and the people who were with him. He greeted the two hundred men and asked how they were doing.

Jehu then left for Samaria. He was at the meeting-place of the shepherds of the sheep. He came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and asked: Who are you? They replied: We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah. We are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen. He ordered: Take them alive. So they took them alive and then killed them at the cistern of the shearing house. He killed all forty-two of them.read more.
When he left there he met Jehonadab, the son of Rechab. He greeted him and said to him: Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? Jehonadab in answer said: It is. Jehu said: If it is give me your hand. He gave him his hand and he made him come up into his chariot.

The grave below wakes up to meet you when you come. It wakes up those who are dead, all who were leaders on earth. It raises all who were kings of the nations from their thrones.

When you are kind only to your friends [and brothers] what makes you different from anyone else? Even people of the nations do that.

He went directly to Jesus and said: Hail, Rabbi, and kissed him.

Jesus met them and greeted them. They approached and took hold of his feet and kissed them in adoration.

Suddenly the crowd saw him and ran to him to greet him.

Mary traveled with haste to the city of Judah in the hill country. She entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elisabeth. When Elisabeth heard the greeting from Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. Elisabeth was filled with Holy Spirit.

When he landed at Caesarea, he greeted the congregation and traveled to Antioch.

We traveled from Tyre to Ptolemais where the brothers greeted us and we stayed with them one day.

Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the grain-cutters, Jehovah is with you. They answered: Jehovah gives you his blessing.

While David was in the desert he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. David sent ten young men to Nabal. David said to them: Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name. Say to him: 'May you live long! May you, your home, and all you have prosper!

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians united with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

The king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:

They sent him a letter saying: To Darius the king, all peace:

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;

They wrote letters as follows: The apostles, elders and brothers send greeting to the brothers who are of the nations in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed (set apart) for the good news of God, He promised this long ago through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures. This is about his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who came from the seed of David according to the flesh.read more.
He was declared to be the Son of God with power through the Spirit of Holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord. Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, respecting his name. You are among those called to Jesus Christ. To all who are in Rome, beloved of God and called to be holy ones: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

This letter is from Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother. To the congregation of God at Corinth. To you, who are sanctified in Christ Jesus. You who are called to be holy ones, with all whom in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. He is both their Lord and ours. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the congregation of God at Corinth, with all the holy ones throughout Achaia: May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

From Paul, who is an apostle not from men nor through men but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. And from the brothers who are with me, to the congregations of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.read more.
He (Jesus) gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us out of this present evil age. This is according to the will of our God and Father. To him is glory forever and ever. Amen.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the holy ones who are at Ephesus and the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in union with Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and ministerial servants: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the holy ones and faithful brothers in Christ that live in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the people of the congregation in Thessalonica, who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness. It is in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal. In his own time he made his word known through the message that was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior.read more.
To Titus, my true child sharing a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

This letter is from James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes that are scattered.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are temporary residents scattered in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. You who are chosen and foreknown by God the Father. You have been sanctified by the Spirit to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood. Grace and peace be greatly increased to you.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an incorruptible (sincere) (principled) (unending) love.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus. They have risked their own necks for my life. I not only thank them but also the congregations of the nations give thanks. Likewise greet the congregation that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is of the first fruits (converts) of Asia to Christ.read more.
Greet Mary for she labored much to help us. Greet Andronicus and Junia. They are my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners who are well known among the apostles. They were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbane for he is our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them that are of Aristobulus' household. Greet my relative Herodion. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus, for they are in the Lord. Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brothers that are with them. Greet Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the holy ones with them. Greet one another with a holy kiss. The congregations of Christ greet you. Now I beseech you, brothers, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine you have learned and avoid them. They do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unaware. Your obedience has come to our attention abroad. I am glad therefore on your behalf. Yet I would have you wise to that which is good and simple concerning evil. The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Timothy my coworker and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my relative, salute you. I Tertius, who wrote this letter, salute you in the Lord. Gaius my host and the whole congregation, salutes you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city salutes you, and Quartus a brother. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, which was kept secret since the world began. It is now made known by the Scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God. It is made known to all nations for the obedience of faith. To God, wise alone, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.

The congregations of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you in the Lord, with the congregation that is in their house. All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. The greeting from me Paul is with my own hand.read more.
If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come O Lord! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the holy ones salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the intimate sharing of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Greet every holy one in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. All the holy ones greet you, especially they who are of Caesar's household. The grace (Greek: charis: divine influence) of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit (Greek: pneuma: mental disposition).

Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, receive him), and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers for the kingdom of God, men that have been comfort (encouragement) (consolation) to me. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.read more.
I testify for him, that he has worked hard for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis. Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you. Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nympha, and the congregation that is in her house. When this letter has been read among you, make sure it is read also in the congregation of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea. Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry you received in the Lord, that you fulfill it. I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

Brothers, pray for us. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this letter is to be read to all the brothers.read more.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Now may the Lord of peace always grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all! I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, and this is a mark in every letter; this is the way I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Greet Prisca and Aquila and the house of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick. Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.read more.
The Lord be with your spirit (mental disposition) (attitude). Grace be with you.

All that are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

I am hard pressed between the two. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ for it is far better. Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake. Having this confidence, I know that I will remain. Yes, I will remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith.

Greet all those who rule over you, and all the holy ones. They in Italy greet you. Grace be with you all. Amen.

She that is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you; and so does Mark my son. Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all that are in Christ.

Elisha told Gehazi: Hurry! Take my walking stick. Do not stop to talk to anyone. If anyone speaks to you do not respond. Go straight to the house and hold my stick over the boy.

The Lord appointed seventy disciples and sent them in groups of two into every city and place where he was about to go. He said to them: The harvest indeed is great but the laborers are few. Pray that the Master (Controller) (Lord) of the harvest will send laborers into his harvest. Go your way for I send you as lambs in the midst of wolves.read more.
Carry no purse, no wallet, and no shoes; and greet no man on the way.