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70+ Bible Verses About Angels

In this article we look at this collection of Bible verses about angels. A helpful aide and guide in studying on the topic of angels. So, let’s get started…

For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. – Colossians 1:16

I felt it would be helpful with my other articles about angels, which you can check out on my Angelology: The Doctrine of Angels

Because of the vast amount of verses about angels This will be somewhat a guide to help you study and discover scripture on angels

Just the term “angel(s)” is mentioned 280 times in the KJV. Then throw in cherubim with its 126 mentions and host another 192 times. That’s a lot of references to the angelic. 

Bible verses about angels

So, I thought the best way to go about this is to break down key bible verses on angels into sections. You can use the table of content to skip around or just scroll through. 

 

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Bible Scriptures on Angels 

Angel Wings

All the Bible verses below are taken from the NKJV of the Bible. If you hover over the verse reference you will be able to read the AMP version. You are more than welcome to look at other translations at Bible Gateway

Also, some of the portions of scriptures are large. I have broken them up into smaller paragraphs. No reason behind that except to make it easier to read. 


Hebrews 13:1-2 NKJV – 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so [doing] some have unwittingly entertained angels. 

Matthew 26:53 NKJV – 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? 

Psalm 91:11-12 NKJV – 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12 In [their] hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NKJV – 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. 17 Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 

Exodus 23:20 NKJV – 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. 

Matthew 18:10 NKJV – 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. 

Psalm 103:19-22 NKJV – 19 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. 21 Bless the LORD, all [you] His hosts, [You] ministers of His, who do His pleasure. 22 Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul! 

Revelation 5:11-12 NKJV – 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, 12 saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!” 

Romans 8:38-39 NKJV – 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Hebrews 1:14 NKJV – 14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? 

Matthew 28:5-6 NKJV – 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 

Luke 2:10 NKJV – 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. 

1 Timothy 5:21 NKJV – 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. 

Revelation 3:5 NKJV – 5 “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 

Acts 1:10-11 NKJV – 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This [same] Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” 

Luke 15:10 NKJV – 10 “Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” 

Genesis 28:12 NKJV – 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder [was] set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Bible Verses on Cherubim

For more on cherub angels check out Cherubim: Cherub Angels of God

Genesis 3:24 NKJV – 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. 

Ezekiel 10:4-5 NKJV – 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, [and paused] over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory. 5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard [even] in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks. 

Isaiah 37:16 NKJV – 16 “O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, [the One] who dwells [between] the cherubim, You [are] God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 

Exodus 37:6-9 NKJV – 6 He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits [was] its length and a cubit and a half its width. 7 He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat: 

8 one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the [other] end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends [of one piece] with the mercy seat. 9 The cherubim spread out [their] wings above, [and] covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. 

Psalm 99:1 NKJV – 1 The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells [between] the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! 

2 Kings 19:13 NKJV – 13 ‘Where [is] the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ” 

Psalm 80:1 NKJV – 1 To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell [between] the cherubim, shine forth!

Bible Verses on Seraphim

Seraphim

For more on Seraph angels check out Seraphim: Seraph Angels of God

Isaiah 6:2-7 NKJV – 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. 3 And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy [is] the LORD of hosts; The whole earth [is] full of His glory!”

 4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 So I said: “Woe [is] me, for I am undone! Because I [am] a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.” 

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal [which] he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth [with it], and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”

Bible Verses on The Hosts of Heaven 

Luke 2:13-14 NKJV – 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” 

Nehemiah 9:6 NKJV – 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. 

Psalm 33:6 NKJV – 6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 

1 Kings 22:19 NKJV – 19 Then [Micaiah] said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left. 

Acts 7:42 NKJV – 42 “Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices [during] forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 

Ephesians 6:12 NKJV – 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].

Bible Verses on the Living Creatures

Revelation 4:6-9 NKJV – 6 Before the throne [there was] a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, [were] four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature [was] like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature [was] like a flying eagle.

 8 [The] four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 

Revelation 5:6-14 NKJV – 6 And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

 8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.” 

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, 12 saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!” 

13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power [Be] to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!” 14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever. 

Revelation 7:11 NKJV – 11 All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 

Revelation 19:4 NKJV – 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” 

Ezekiel 1:5-13 NKJV – 5 Also from within it [came] the likeness of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. 6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. 7 Their legs [were] straight, and the soles of their feet [were] like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze. 

8 The hands of a man [were] under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings. 9 Their wings touched one another. [The creatures] did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward. 

10 As for the likeness of their faces, [each] had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus [were] their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two [wings] of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies. 

12 And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.

Bible Verses on Fallen Angels

2 Peter 2:4 NKJV – 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; 

Jude 1:6 NKJV – 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; 

Matthew 25:41 NKJV – 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: 

Revelation 12:7-9 NKJV – 7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 

Revelation 20:10 NKJV – 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet [are]. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Bible Verses on NOT to worship Angels

Colossians 2:18 NKJV – 18 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, 

Revelation 19:10 NKJV – 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See [that you do] not [do that]! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” 

Revelation 22:8-9 NKJV – 8 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. 9 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.”


I hope this list of Bible verses about angels has helped you understand a little more about these celestial creatures. If you would like to study and learn more on the topic here a few posts to get you started:

The Types of Angels of the Bible

Understanding the Ministry and Work of Angels

How to Release God’s Angels in your Life.

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