Psalm 8:5
Yet You have made him a little lower than
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God
Hebrews 2:7
“You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
Hebrews 2:9
But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while [by taking on the limitations of humanity], crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering of death, so that by the grace of God [extended to sinners] He might experience death for [the sins of] everyone.
2 Samuel 14:29
So Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again a second time, he [still] would not come.
Job 4:18-20
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
Psalm 21:3-5
For You meet him with blessings of good things;
You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalm 45:1-3
I address my psalm to the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
Psalm 45:6
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalm 103:4
Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you [lavishly] with lovingkindness and tender mercy;
Psalm 103:20
Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!
John 13:31-32
So when Judas had left, Jesus said,
Ephesians 1:21
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come.
Philippians 2:7-11
but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man].
Hebrews 2:16
For, as we all know, He (Christ) does not take hold of [the fallen] angels [to give them a helping hand], but He does take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [extending to them His hand of deliverance].
1 Peter 1:20-21
For He was
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Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
“You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
Hast
For You meet him with blessings of good things;
You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
I address my psalm to the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.