27 Bible Verses about Messenger

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Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 25:13

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Genesis 32:3

And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

Numbers 20:14

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,

Judges 6:35

And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.

1 Samuel 23:27

But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee and come; for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.

2 Samuel 11:22

And the messenger went; and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

2 Samuel 15:13

And there came one to David who reported saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

1 Kings 22:13

And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.

2 Kings 1:3

And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?

2 Kings 5:10

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

2 Kings 6:32

And Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And the king sent a man before him. Before the messenger came to him, he himself said to the elders, Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, when the messenger comes; shut the door, and keep him off with the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

Job 1:14

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

Isaiah 37:9

And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Jeremiah 51:31

Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;

Daniel 3:4

And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

Philippians 2:25

but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,

Numbers 16:28

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:

Deuteronomy 18:18

A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Judges 6:8

the LORD sent a prophet to the people of Israel; and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage;

2 Samuel 12:25

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.

1 Kings 16:7

And also through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani the word of Jehovah came against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he had smitten him.

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Christ » Mediator » Messenger

Matthew 21:37

And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me.

Messenger » Figurative

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Mark 1:2

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

Malachi 4:5-6

Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

More verses: Haggai 1:13 Luke 7:27

Messenger » Figurative » Of satan

Regem-melech » A captive » Messenger

Zechariah 7:2

when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,

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Angels, as God's messengers

Isaiah 40:3-5

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!

Divine Messenger

Daniel 4:17

This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

Messengers Sent Out

2 Samuel 3:12

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to turn all Israel to thee.

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