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Angels
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For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; — read the full passage →
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. — read the full passage →
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: — read the full passage →
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. — read the full passage →
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. — read the full passage →
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. — read the full passage →
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. — read the full passage →
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
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