Biblical Sevens

There are a number of lists and events in the Bible that show up in sevens. This is a partial list.

Seven Days of Creation (Gen 1)

• Earth/water. Light. Light separated from dark.
• Sky. Water separated from water.
• Earth. Water separated from earth. Vegetation.
• Sun, moon and stars
• Birds and fish
• Land animals and man
• Rest

Seven Promises to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3)

• I will make you a great nation
• I will bless you
• I will make your name great
• You will be a blessing
• I will bless those who bless you
• I will curse those who dishonor you
• In you all the families of the earth will be blessed

Seven Annual Levitical Feasts (Lev 23)

• Passover
• Unleavened Bread
• First Fruits
• Weeks
• Trumpets
• Atonement
• Tabernacles

Seven OT Events on Passover Day (* Barley harvest begins on Passover)

• Moses’ Exodus (Exod 12)
• Abraham’s Covenant (See Exod 12:40-41, LXX. Gen 15)
• Joshua Crossing Jordan (Josh 5)
• Ruth’s Return to Bethlehem (Ruth 1) *
• David and the Gibeonites (2 Sam 21) *
• Hezekiah’s Reforms (2 Chron 30)
• Josiah’s Reforms (2 Chron 35)

Seven Ones of Unity (Eph 4)

• One Body
• One Spirit
• One Hope
• One Lord
• One Faith
• One Baptism
• One God and Father

Seven Signs in John

• Turning water into wine (Jn 2)
• Healing an official’s son (Jn 4)
• Healing at the pool of Bethesda (Jn 5)
• Feeding of the five-thousand (Jn 6)
• Walking on water (Jn 6)
• Healing of the man born blind (Jn 9)
• Raising Lazarus from the dead (Jn 11)

Seven “I AM” Statements in John

• I AM the Bread of Life (Jn 6)
• I AM the Light of the World (Jn 8)
• I AM the Door (Jn 10)
• I AM the Good Shepherd (Jn 10)
• I AM the Resurrection and the Life (Jn 11)
• I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Jn 14)
• I AM the True Vine (Jn 15)

Seven Woes to the Scribes & Pharisees (Matt 23 ..although the KJV has 8 due to v14.)

• Lock up the kingdom of heaven; Refuse to go in and Prevent people from entering
• Travel over land and sea to make false proselytes twice as guilty
• Perverse oaths that profane the temple
• Tithe obscure minutiae but neglect weightier things of the Law (justice, mercy and faith)
• Clean outside but inside is dirty with greed and self-indulgence
• Beautiful tombs with stinking bones (hypocrisy and lawlessness)
• Venerate martyrs but would execute the innocent

Seven Things/People the Lord Hates (Prov 6:16-19)

• Eyes of Arrogance
• Tongues that Lie
• Hands that murder
• Hearts that plot wicked schemes
• Feet that run to evil
• Liars who libel/slander
• Troublemakers among brothers