Scripture frequently depicts angels as majestic, potent messengers of God, and their presence frequently inspires reverence and fear. For instance, angels frequently say, “Do not be afraid” when they first appear to shepherds, prophets, or apostles (Luke 2:10). With depictions of numerous wings, faces, and even fire and lightning around them, their look can be overpowering. Unlike the kind, benign cherubs we frequently see, cherubim and seraphim, two particular kinds of angels, are portrayed with distinctive forms that represent God’s majesty and holiness.
The biblical descriptions of angels depict creatures who are totally committed to God and who powerfully and purposefully carry out His will. They constantly defend, convey messages, engage in spiritual combat, and glorify God. These passages show that angels are powerful servants of God, expressing His majesty and might, rather than merely consoling figures. You can gain a greater regard for these celestial beings and a better comprehension of their place in God’s divine plan by reading these verses.
- Genesis 16:7
Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
2. Genesis 3:24
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
3. Genesis 16:7
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
4. Exodus 14:19
And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
5. Exodus 23:20
“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
6. Judges 13:6
So the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.
7. 2 Samuel 14:17
Your maidservant said, ‘The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king in discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’
8. 2 Samuel 14:20
To bring about this change of affairs your servant Joab has done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the earth.”
9. 2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
10. 2 Kings 6:17
And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, the Lord looked and relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
11. Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host,
The earth and everything on it, the seas and all that is in them, and You preserve them all.
The host of heaven worships You.
12. Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
13. Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
14. Psalm 34:7
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.
15. Psalm 91:11
For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
16. Psalm 103:20
Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word.
17. Psalm 104:4
Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.
18. Psalm 148:2
Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts!
19. Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
20. Daniel 6:22
My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”
21. Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.
22. Daniel 8:16
And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
23. Daniel 10:13
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
24. Daniel 12:1
“At that time, Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book.
25. Zechariah 5:9
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
New Testament
26. Matthew 1:20
But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
27. Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
28. Matthew 18:10
“Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.”
29. Matthew 4:6
And said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
30. Matthew 2:13
Now, when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”
31. Matthew 2:19
Now, when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
32. Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness…
33. Matthew 13:49
So, it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just…
34. Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
35. Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
36. Matthew 24:31
And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
37. Matthew 25:31
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
38. Matthew 25:41
Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
39. Matthew 26:53
Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
40. Matthew 28:5-6
But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
41. Luke 1:19
And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.
42. Luke 1:26
Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth…
43. Luke 2:10
Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
44. Luke 2:13-14
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!”
45. Luke 4:10
For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you.
47. Luke 15:10
Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
48. Luke 16:22
So it was that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
49. Luke 20:36
Nor can they die any more, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
50. John 20:12
And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
51. Acts 5:19
But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.”
52. Acts 7:53
Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.
53. Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert.
54. Acts 12:23
Then an angel of the Lord immediately struck him because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.
55. Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve.
56. 1 Corinthians 6:3
Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
57. 2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
58. Hebrews 1:6-7
But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God worship Him.” And of the angels He says: “Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.”
59. Hebrews 1:13-14
But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool”? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
60. Hebrews 2:2
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward…
61. Hebrews 13:2
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing, some have unwittingly entertained angels.
62. Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels.
63. 1 Peter 1:12
To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.
64. 2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.
65. Colossians 2:18-19
Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
66. 1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
67. 1 Timothy 5:21
I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
68. 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
69. 2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels…
70. 1 Peter 3:22
Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
71. 2 Peter 2:11
Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
72. Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
73. Jude 1:9
Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
80. Revelation 12:7
And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought.
81. Revelation 5:11-12
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honour and glory and blessing!”
82. Revelation 22:6
Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
83. Revelation 22:8-9
Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
84. Revelation 14:6
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—
85. Revelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands…
