Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

General references

Bible References

Stood

1 Kings 22:19
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 Him on His right and on His left.
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.
Daniel 7:10
“A river of fire was flowing
And coming out from before Him;
Thousands upon thousands were attending Him,
And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him;
The court sat,
And the books were opened.
Zechariah 3:4
He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.”
Luke 1:10
And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering.
Revelation 7:11
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Seraphims

Psalm 104:4
He makes the winds His messengers,
Flaming fire His ministers.
Ezekiel 1:4
As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.
Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels He says,
Who makes His angels winds,
And His ministers a flame of fire.”

Wings

Exodus 25:20
The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 37:9
The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
1 Kings 6:24
Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits.
1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above.
Ezekiel 1:6
Each of them had four faces and four wings.
Ezekiel 10:21
Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands.
Revelation 4:8
And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”

Covered his face

Genesis 17:3
Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
Exodus 3:6
He said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
1 Kings 19:13
When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Psalm 89:7
A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?

His feet

Job 4:18
He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.
Job 15:15
“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
Ezekiel 1:11
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

Did fly

Isaiah 6:6
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
Psalm 18:10
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 103:20
Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Mighty in strength, who perform His word,
Obeying the voice of His word!
Ezekiel 10:16
Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them.
Daniel 9:21
while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.
Revelation 8:13
Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

General references

Psalm 89:7
A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
And awesome above all those who are around Him?