Complete Biblical Reference On Angels
The Old Testament
Genesis 19:1
The two angels reached Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to greet them; and bowing down with his face to the ground,
Genesis 19:12
Then the angels said to Lot: "Who else belongs to you here? Your sons (sons-in-law) and your daughters and all who belong to you in the city--take them away from it!
Genesis 19:15
As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, "On your way! Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 48:16
The Angel who has delivered me from all harm,
bless these boys
That in them my name be recalled,
and the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac,
And they may become teeming multitudes
upon the earth!"
Exodus 3:2
There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in fire flaming out of a bush. As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed.
Exodus 14:19
The angel of God, who had been leading Israel's camp, now moved and went around behind them. The column of cloud also, leaving the front, took up its place behind them,
Exodus 23:20
"See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.
Exodus 23:23
"My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites; and I will wipe them out.
Exodus 32:34
Now, go and lead the people whither I have told you. My angel will go before you. When it is time for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin."
Exodus 33:2
Driving out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, I will send an angel before you
Numbers 20:16
When we cried to the LORD, he heard our cry and sent an angel who led us out of Egypt. Now here we are at the town of Kadesh at the edge of your territory.
Numbers 22:22-27
But now the anger of God flared up at him for going, and the angel of the LORD stationed himself on the road to hinder him as he was riding along on his ass, accompanied by two of his servants. [23] When the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing on the road with sword drawn, she turned off the road and went into the field, and Balaam had to beat her to bring her back on the road. [24] Then the angel of the LORD took his stand in a narrow lane between vineyards with a stone wall on each side. [25] When the ass saw the angel of the LORD there, she shrank against the wall; and since she squeezed Balaam's leg against it, he beat her again. [26] The angel of the LORD then went ahead, and stopped next in a passage so narrow that there was no room to move either to the right or to the left. [27] When the ass saw the angel of the LORD there, she cowered under Balaam. So, in anger, he again beat the ass with his stick.
Numbers 22:31-32
Then the LORD removed the veil from Balaam's eyes, so that he too saw the angel of the LORD standing on the road with sword drawn; and he fell on his knees and bowed to the ground. [32] But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you beaten your ass these three times? It is I who have come armed to hinder you because this rash journey of yours is directly opposed to me.
Numbers 22:34-35
Then Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned. Yet I did not know that you stood against me to oppose my journey. Since it has displeased you, I will go back home." [35] But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but you may say only what I tell you." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
Deut. 32:43
Exult with him, you heavens,
glorify him, all you angels of God;
For he avenges the blood of his servants
and purges his people's land.
Judges 2:1
An angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "It was I who brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land which I promised on oath to your fathers. I said that I would never break my covenant with you,
Judges 2:4
When the angel of the LORD had made these threats to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud;
Judges 6:11-12
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. While his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press to save it from the Midianites, [12] the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, "The LORD is with you, O champion!"
Judges 6:20-22
The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay them on this rock; then pour out the broth." When he had done so, [21] the angel of the LORD stretched out the tip of the staff he held, and touched the meat and unleavened cakes. Thereupon a fire came up from the rock which consumed the meat and unleavened cakes, and the angel of the LORD disappeared from sight. [22] Gideon, now aware that it had been the angel of the LORD, said, "Alas, Lord GOD, that I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"
Judges 13:3
An angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Though you are barren and have had no children, yet you will conceive and bear a son.
Judges 13:6
The woman went and told her husband, "A man of God came to me; he had the appearance of an angel of God, terrible indeed. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.
Judges 13:9
God heard the prayer of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field. Since her husband Manoah was not with her,
Judges 13:13
The angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Your wife is to abstain from all the things of which I spoke to her.
Judges 13:15-16
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Can we persuade you to stay, while we prepare a kid for you?" [16] But the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Although you press me, I will not partake of your food. But if you will, you may offer a holocaust to the LORD."Not knowing that it was the angel of the LORD,
Judges 13:18
The angel of the LORD answered him, "Why do you ask my name, which is mysterious?"
Judges 13:20-21
as the flame rose to the sky from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell prostrate to the ground; [21] but the angel of the LORD was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah, realizing that it was the angel of the LORD,
1 Samuel 29:10
So the first thing tomorrow, you and your lord's servants who came with you, go to the place I picked out for you. Do not decide to take umbrage at this; you are as acceptable to me as an angel of God. But make an early morning start, as soon as it grows light, and be on your way."
2 Samuel 14:17
And the woman concluded: "Let the word of my lord the king provide a resting place; indeed, my lord the king is like an angel of God, evaluating good and bad. The LORD your God be with you."
2 Samuel 14:20
Your servant Joab did this to come at the issue in a roundabout way. But my lord is as wise as an angel of God, so that he knows all things on earth."
2 Samuel 19:27
But he slandered your servant before my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do what you judge best.
2 Samuel 24:16-17
But when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD regretted the calamity and said to the angel causing the destruction among the people, "Enough now! Stay your hand." The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. [17] When David saw the angel who was striking the people, he said to the LORD: "It is I who have sinned; it is I, the shepherd, who have done wrong. But these are sheep; what have they done? Punish me and my kindred."
1 Kings 13:18
But he said to him, "I, too, am a prophet like you, and an angel told me in the word of the LORD to bring you back with me to my house and to have you eat bread and drink water." He was lying to him, however.
1 Kings 19:5
He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat.
1 Kings 19:7
but the angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, "Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!"
2 Kings 1:3
Meanwhile, the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: "Go, intercept the messengers of Samaria's king, and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron?'
2 Kings 1:15
Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, "Go down with him; you need not be afraid of him."
2 Kings 19:35
That night the angel of the LORD went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. Early the next morning, there they were, all the corpses of the dead.
1 Chron. 12:22
And from day to day men kept coming to David's help until there was a vast encampment, like an encampment of angels.
1 Chron. 21:12
will it be three years of famine; or three months of fleeing your enemies, with the sword of your foes ever at your back; or three days of the LORD'S own sword, a pestilence in the land, with the LORD'S destroying angel in every part of Israel? Therefore choose: What answer am I to give him who sent me?"
1 Chron. 21:15-16
God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem; but as he was on the point of destroying it, the LORD saw and decided against the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "Enough now! Stay your hand!"
The angel of the LORD was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. [16] When David raised his eyes, he saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with a naked sword in his hand stretched out against Jerusalem. David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, prostrated themselves face to the ground,
1 Chron. 21:18
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to tell David to go up and erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Chron. 21:27
Then the LORD gave orders to the angel to return his sword to its sheath.
1 Chron. 21:30
But David could not go there to worship God, for he was fearful of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
2 Chron. 32:21
Then the LORD sent an angel, who destroyed every valiant warrior, leader and commander in the camp of the Assyrian king, so that he had to return shamefaced to his own country. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down there with the sword.
Tobit 5:4
Tobiah went to look for someone acquainted with the roads who would travel with him to Media. As soon as he went out, he found the angel Raphael standing before him, though he did not know that this was an angel of God.
Tobit 5:17
Tobit said, "God bless you, brother." Then he called his son and said to him: "My son, prepare whatever you need for the journey, and set out with your kinsman. May God in heaven protect you on the way and bring you back to me safe and sound; and may his angel accompany you for safety, my son."
Before setting out on his journey, Tobiah kissed his father and mother. Tobit said to him, "Have a safe journey."
Tobit 5:22-6:1
[22b] For a good angel will go with him, his journey will be successful, and he will return unharmed." [6:1] Then she stopped weeping.
[2a] When the boy left home, accompanied by the angel,
Tobit 6:4-5
But the angel said to him, "Take hold of the fish and don't let it get away!" The boy seized the fish and hauled it up on the shore. [5] The angel then told him: "Cut the fish open and take out its gall, heart, and liver, and keep them with you; but throw away the entrails. Its gall, heart, and liver make useful medicines."
Tobit 6:7
[7b] The boy asked the angel this question: "Brother Azariah, what medicinal value is there in the fish's heart, liver, and gall?"
Tobit 11:14
and wept. He exclaimed, "I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!" Then he said:
"Blessed be God,
and praised be his great name,
and blessed be all his holy angels.
May his holy name be praised
throughout all the ages,
Tobit 12:15
"I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who enter and serve before the Glory of the Lord."
Tobit 12:22
They kept thanking God and singing his praises; and they continued to acknowledge these marvelous deeds which he had done when the angel of God appeared to them.
Esth. 11:13
[D:13] She replied: "I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled with fear of your majesty.
1 Macc. 7:41
"When they who were sent by the king blasphemed, your angel went out and killed a hundred and eighty-five thousand of them.
2 Macc. 11:6
When Maccabeus and his men learned that Lysias was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people begged the Lord with lamentations and tears to send a good angel to save Israel.
2 Macc. 15:22-23
He prayed to him thus: "You, O LORD, sent your angel in the days of King Hezekiah of Judea, and he slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand men of Sennacherib's army. [23] Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel now to spread fear and dread before us.
Job 4:18
Lo, he puts no trust in his servants,
and with his angels he can find fault.
Job 33:23
If then there be for him an angel,
one out of a thousand, a mediator,
To show him what is right for him
and bring the man back to justice,
Psalm 34:7
[8] The angel of the LORD, who encamps with them, delivers all who fear God.
Psalm 35:5-6
Make them like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them on. [6] Make their way slippery and dark, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Psalm 91:11
For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways.
Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, all you angels, mighty in strength and attentive, obedient to every command.
Psalm 148:2
Praise him, all you angels; give praise, all you hosts.
Wisdom 16:20
Instead of this, you nourished your people with food of angels and furnished them bread from heaven, ready to hand, untoiled-for, endowed with all delights and conforming to every taste.
Isaiah 37:36
The angel of the LORD went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. Early the next morning, there they were, all the corpses of the dead.
Isaiah 63:9
It was not a messenger or an angel, but he himself who saved them. Because of his love and pity he redeemed them himself, Lifting them and carrying them all the days of old.
Baruch 6:6
for my angel is with you, and he is the custodian of your lives.
Daniel 3:28
[95] Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
Daniel 3:49
But the angel of the Lord went down into the furnace with Azariah and his companions, drove the fiery flames out of the furnace,
Daniel 3:58
Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all forever.
Daniel 6:22
[23] My God has sent his angel and closed the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me. For I have been found innocent before him; neither to you have I done any harm, O king!"
Daniel 13:55b
"Your fine lie has cost you your head," said Daniel; "for the angel of God shall receive the sentence from him and split you in two."
Daniel 13:59b
"Your fine lie has cost you also your head," said Daniel; "for the angel of God waits with a sword to cut you in two so as to make an end of you both."
Daniel 14:34
when an angel of the Lord told him, "Take the lunch you have to Daniel in the lions' den at Babylon."
Daniel 14:36
The angel of the Lord seized him by the crown of his head and carried him by the hair; with the speed of the wind, he set him down in Babylon above the den.
Daniel 14:39
While Daniel began to eat, the angel of the Lord at once brought Habakkuk back to his own place.
Hosea 12:4
[5] He contended with the angel and triumphed, entreating him with tears. At Bethel he met God and there he spoke with him:
Zech. 1:9
Then I asked, "What are these, my lord?"; and the angel who spoke with me answered me, "I will show you what these are."
Zech. 1:11-14
And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, "We have patrolled the earth; see, the whole earth is tranquil and at rest!"
[12] Then the angel of the Lord spoke out and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will you be without mercy for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that have felt your anger these seventy years?" [13] To the angel who spoke with me, the LORD replied with comforting words.
[14] And the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am deeply moved for the sake of Jerusalem and Zion,
Zech. 1:19
[2:2] Then I asked the angel who spoke with me what these were. He answered me, "These are the horns that scattered Judah and Israeland Jerusalem."
Zech. 2:3
[7] Then the angel who spoke with me advanced, and another angel came out to meet him,
Zech. 3:1-3
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, while Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him. [2] And the angel of the LORD said to Satan, "May the LORD rebuke you, Satan; may the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand snatched from the fire?"
[3] Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clad in filthy garments.
Zech. 3:5-6
He also said, "Put a clean miter on his head." And they put a clean miter on his head and clothed him with the garments. Then the angel of the LORD, standing, said, "See, I have taken away your guilt."
[6] The angel of the LORD then gave Joshua this assurance:
Zech. 4:4-5
Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, "What are these things, my lord?" [5] And the angel who spoke with me replied, "Do you not know what these things are?" "No, my lord," I answered.
Zech. 4:10
For even they who were scornful on that day of small beginnings shall rejoice to see the select stone in the hands of Zerubbabel. These seven facets are the eyes of the LORD that range over the whole earth.
[1] Then the angel who spoke with me returned and awakened me, like a man awakened from his sleep. [2] "What do you see?" he asked me. "I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl at the top," I replied; "on it are seven lamps with their tubes, [3] and beside it are two olive trees, one on the right and the other on the left."
Zech. 5:5
Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, "Raise your eyes and see what this is that comes forth."
Zech. 5:10
I said to the angel who spoke with me, "Where are they taking the bushel?"
Zech. 6:4-5
I asked the angel who spoke with me, "What are these, my lord?"
[5] The angel said to me in reply, "These are the four winds of the heavens, which are coming forth after being reviewed by the LORD of all the earth."
Zech. 12:8
On that day, the LORD will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the weakling among them shall be like David on that day, and the house of David godlike, like an angel of the LORD before them.
