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
And he said, Hear thou therefore 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 hand 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 came also among them.
Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set and the books were opened.
Zechariah 3:4
And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have caused thy iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Luke 1:10
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of incense.
Revelation 7:11
And all the angels stood around the throne, and about the elders and the four living beings, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,

Seraphims

Psalm 104:4
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Ezekiel 1:4
And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and from the midst of it as the color of amber, from the midst of the fire.
Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

Wings

Exodus 25:20
And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; towards the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
Exodus 37:9
And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to another; even towards the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
1 Kings 6:24
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
1 Kings 8:7
For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staffs thereof above.
Ezekiel 1:6
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Ezekiel 10:21
Every one had four faces each, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Revelation 4:8
And the four living beings had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.

Covered his face

Genesis 17:3
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Exodus 3:6
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to look upon God.
1 Kings 19:13
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Psalm 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him.

His feet

Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Ezekiel 1:11
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Did fly

Isaiah 6:6
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
Psalm 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew; yes, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 103:20
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word.
Ezekiel 10:16
And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
Daniel 9:21
Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
Revelation 8:13
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation 14:6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and language, and people,

General references

Psalm 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him.