Hebrews 1:14

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“Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”

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“Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“are they not all spirits of service--for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 1:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:15At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
  2. Genesis 32:1Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
  3. Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
  4. 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
  5. Job 1:6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
  6. Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
  7. Psalms 91:11For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
  8. Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
  9. Psalms 104:4He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
  10. Isaiah 6:2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
  11. Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
  12. Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
  13. Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
  14. Daniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
  15. Daniel 10:11He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
  16. Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  17. Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
  18. Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
  19. Matthew 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
  20. Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
  21. Matthew 24:31And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  22. Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  23. Luke 1:19“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
  24. Luke 1:23And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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