'Angels' in the Bible

The two angels entered Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting at Sodom’s gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He bowed with his face to the ground

But the angels reached out, brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Then the angels said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here: a son-in-law, your sons and daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of this place,

At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.

If God puts no trust in His servantsand He charges His angels with foolishness,

People ate the bread of angels.He sent them an abundant supply of food.

For He will give His angels orders concerning you,to protect you in all your ways.

Praise the Lord,all His angels of great strength,who do His word,obedient to His command.

Praise Him, all His angels;praise Him, all His hosts.

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:He will give His angels orders concerning you,and they will support you with their handsso that you will not strikeyour foot against a stone.”

Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin and those guilty of lawlessness.

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done.

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of My Father in heaven.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son —except the Father only.

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions of angels?

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.

He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.

“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son—except the Father.

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

For it is written:He will give His angels orders concerning you,to protect you,

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

but whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

and when they didn’t find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.

Then He said, “I assure you: You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

She saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where Jesus’ body had been lying.

You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”

For I am persuaded that not even death or life,angels or rulers,things present or things to come, hostile powers,

For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to men.

Don’t you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters?

This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

If I speak human or angelic languagesbut do not have love,I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his unspiritual mind.

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:He was manifested in the flesh,vindicated in the Spirit,seen by angels,preached among the nations,believed on in the world,taken up in glory.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.

For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son?

When He again brings His firstborn into the world, He says, And all God’s angels must worship Him.

And about the angels He says:He makes His angels winds,and His servants a fiery flame,

Now to which of the angels has He ever said:Sit at My right handuntil I make Your enemies Your footstool?

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

For He has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about.

You made him lower than the angelsfor a short time;You crowned him with glory and honor

But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering in death.

For it is clear that He does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring.

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels in festive gathering,

Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.

and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.

The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels.

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God rise up from the east. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered to harm the earth and the sea:

All the angels stood around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

Then I saw the seven angels who stand in the presence of God; seven trumpets were given to them.

And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

I looked again and heard an eagle flying high overhead, crying out in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts that the three angels are about to sound!”

say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates.”

So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is mixed full strength in the cup of His anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb,

Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues, for with them, God’s wrath will be completed.

Out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean, bright linen, with gold sashes wrapped around their chests.

One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.

Then the sanctuary was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from His power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute who sits on many waters.

Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates.