The recurrence of seven - or an exact multiple of seven - is found throughout the Bible and is widely recognized. The frequent occurrence of the number seven is conspicuous even to a casual reader.
Here are many instances of the number seven's appearances in the Bible. God bless you!
| Seven days of creation in Genesis | Genesis 1 |
| Seven days until rain after Noah enters the ark | Genesis 7:4, 10 |
| Seven days between the doves | Genesis 8:10, 12 |
| Seven years Jacob serves for each of his two wives | Genesis 28:18-20; 29:27-30 |
| Seven ewe lambs at the well of Beersheba | Genesis 21:28-30 |
| Seven days pursuit of Jacob by Laban | Genesis 31:23 |
| Seven bows by Jacob meeting Esau | Genesis 33:3 |
| Seven kine and seven ears of corn in Pharaoh's dreams
(Seven good years and seven famine years) | Genesis 41 |
| Seven daughters of Reuel, Priest of Midian | Exodus 2:16 |
| Seven days the waters turned to blood | Exodus 7:25 |
| Seven lamps of the Menorah | Exodus 25:37 |
| Seven elements of furniture in the Tabernacle | Exodus 25 |
| Seven feasts of Israel | Leviticus 23 |
| Seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread | Exodus 12:15, 19; 13:6, 7; Leviticus 23:6 |
| Seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles | Leviticus 23:34-36 |
| Seven weeks to the Feast of Weeks | Leviticus 23:16 |
| Seven months in the ecclesiastical year, from Nisan to Tishri | |
| Seven years of the sabbatical year | Leviticus 25:4 |
| Seven times seven to the Jubilee Year | Leviticus 25:8 |
| the repeated use of seven in the Levitical priestly instructions | Exodus 29:35, 37; et al. |
| Seven priests with seven trumpets circling Jericho seven times | Joshua 6 |
| Seven nations of Canaan | Joshua 3:10; 24:11 |
| Solomon was seven years building the Temple | 1 Kings 6:38 |
| Naaman washed seven times in the river | 2 Kings 5:10, 14 |
| Seven loaves fed the 4,000 | Matthew 15: 32-39; Mark 8:1-9 |
| Seven deacons in Acts | Acts 6:5 |
| Seven sons of Sceva | Acts 19:14 |
| Seven lamp stands | Revelation 1:12, 13, 20 |
| Seven Spirits before His throne | Revelation 1:4; 3:1 |
| Seven horns, seven eyes... | Revelation 5:6 |
| Seven structural elements to each letter
1) The name of the church (each of which turns out to be significant; 2) A title of Jesus, specifically selected to fit the theme of each letter; 3) A commendation: the good news; 4) A criticism: the bad news; 5) An exhortation for correction; 6) A parenthetical control phrase: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches"; 7) A special promise to the overcomer. | Revelation 2 and 3 |
| These seven churches are also suggestively parallel to the seven churches Paul wrote to | Ephesians, Philippians, Corinthians, Galatians, Romans, Thessalonians, and Colossians; as well as the seven parables of Matthew 13 |
| Seven promises to the overcomer | Revelation 2 and 3 |
| Seven commendations to Ephesus | Revelation 2:2, 3 |
| Seven seals | Revelation 6 |
| Seven trumpets | Revelation 8 and 9 |
| Seven angels, with seven plagues | Revelation 15:7 |
| Seven bowls | Revelation 16 |
| Seven thunders | Revelation 10:3, 4 |
| Seven personages
(The Woman, the Man-child, the Dragon, the seven-headed Beast, the False Prophet, the Michael, and the Lamb) | Revelation 12 and 13 |
| Seven New Things | Revelation 2:17; 3:12; 5:9; 14:3; 21:1, 2, 5 |
| Seven Beatitudes | Revelation 1:3; 14:3; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7; 22:14 |
| Seven "The Just One" Titles: | |
| "The Just One" | Acts 22:14 |
| Pilate's wife, "Have nothing to do..." | Matthew 27:19 |
| Pilate, washing his hands | Matthew 27:24 |
| Centurion at the cross | Luke 23: 46-7 |
| Peter's sermon | Acts 3:14 |
| Stephen before the council | Acts 7:51-52 |
| Peter's letter: The Just for the unjust | 1 Peter 3:18 |
| Seven miracles | The Gospel of John |
| Seven discourses | The Gospel of John |
| Seven "I AM" statements | The Gospel of John |
| Seven attestations | The Gospel of John |
