20 Bible Verses about Angels, as God's messengers

A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain. The glory of Jehovah will be revealed and together all mankind will see it. For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken!

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed. Her sin has been paid for and she has received double for all her sins from Jehovah's hand.

After I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision I sought to understand it. Behold, there appeared before me a man standing. I heard a man's voice from the banks of the Ulai River. He called to Gabriel: Make this man understand the vision of the time of the end.

Then the Messenger (Angel) of Jehovah said: Jehovah of Hosts, how much longer until you show compassion to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have been angry with them for seventy years. Jehovah replied to the angel that talked with me with gracious and comforting words. The angel said: Call out, say, this is what Jehovah of Hosts has said: 'I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with intense ardor.read more.
And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease (secure). I was but a little angered and they caused my anger to grow into fury.' Therefore, said Jehovah: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion. My house will be built in it, said Jehovah of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem. Pronounce again, Jehovah of hosts: 'My cities will again overflow with prosperity. Jehovah will comfort Zion and yet choose Jerusalem.' I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns. I questioned the angel: What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns (governments) that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. Then Jehovah showed me four craftsmen. I asked: What did these come to do? He answered: These are the horns that scattered Judah! No man lifted up his head for these came to terrify them. They will cast down the horns (power) (authority) of the nations that lifted up their horn (power) (authority) against the land of Judah to scatter it.

God's angel appeared to him when he was standing on the right side of the altar of incense. Zechariah was troubled. When he saw the angel he was filled with fear. Have no fear Zechariah, said the angel, for God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elisabeth will have a son and his name will be John.

You will be filled with joy, and many will be happy at his birth. He will be great in the eyes of God. He will not drink wine or strong drink and he will be full of Holy Spirit from the time of his birth. Great numbers of the children of Israel will return to Jehovah their God because of him. (1 Samuel 7:3)read more.
He will go before God in the spirit and power of Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness. This will make ready a people whose hearts have been directed to Jehovah (YHWH). (Malachi 3:1) Zechariah asked: How might I be certain of this for my wife and I are old? The angel answered: I am Gabriel, whose place is before God. I have been sent to give you this good news.

Joseph had this in mind when God's angel appeared to him in a dream. The angel said to him: Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. She is pregnant by Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus (Jehovah (YHWH) is salvation), because he will save his people from their sins.

The next month God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee to a virgin named Mary. Mary was engaged to Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said: Greetings highly favored one. God is with you.read more.
She was greatly troubled by this and wondered about the meaning of this salutation. The angel said to Mary: Do not fear for you have found favor with God. You will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son. You will call his name Jesus. He will be great. He will be called the Son of the Most High. Jehovah God will give him the throne of his father David. (Isaiah 11:1-10) He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will not end. Mary asked the angel: How is this to be for I have had no intercourse with a man? The angel replied: Holy Spirit would come to you and the power of the Most High will envelope you. Because of this the newborn will be called the Son of God. Your relative Elisabeth has also conceived a son even in her old age. This so-called barren woman is in her sixth month. When God speaks, these things are possible. Mary said: Look, Jehovah's servant. Let it happen to me as you spoke. The angel departed from her. (1 Samuel 1:11)

Shepherds in the same country were in the field keeping watch by night over their flock. God's angel stood by them and His glory gave illumination around them and they were very afraid. The angel spoke to them: Do not be afraid. Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy to all the people.read more.
Christ (Messiah) the Lord, a Savior, is born this day in the city of David.

This is the sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger. Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hosts praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest. Peace on earth among men with whom he is pleased.read more.
The angels went away from them into heaven. Then the shepherds said to one another, Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which God told us about. They hurried to see the baby. They found Mary and Joseph. And they saw the baby lying in the manger. As soon as they saw it they told what they had heard about the child. All that heard it wondered at the things that were spoken to them by the shepherds. Mary remembered all these sayings, pondering them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen.

The angel spoke to the women: I know you seek Jesus who has been impaled; do not fear. He is not here, for he has risen just as he promised. Come; see the place where the Lord lay. Go quickly and tell his disciples he has risen from the dead. See, he goes before you to Galilee. You will see him there, as I have told you.

They entered the tomb. They were amazed at what they saw. A young man dressed in a white robe was sitting on the right side of the tomb. He said to them: Do not be amazed. Jesus the Nazarene, who has been impaled, is not here. He has risen. Behold, the place where they laid him! Go tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him just as he told you.

They were perplexed about what had happened. Two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. This frightened them and they bowed down prostrate on the ground. The two men said to them: Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here. He has arisen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was yet in Galilee.read more.
He said the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be impaled, and the third day rise again.

The disciples went away again to their own home. Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. She stooped and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.read more.
Woman why do you weep, they asked? She told them: They have taken my Lord and I do not know where they laid him. She turned and look there was Jesus standing nearby. She did not know it was Jesus.

They gazed intently into the sky as he went into heaven. Two men wearing white stood beside them. They said: You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven will come in a similar manner as you saw him go into heaven.

He showed us how he had seen an angel in his house that stood and said to him, 'Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.'

There was a man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Band. He was a devout man who respected God with his entire household. He gave many gifts of mercy to the people and prayed to God always. About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw a vision. An angel of God came to him and said, Cornelius.read more.
He looked at him and was afraid. What is it, Lord? He replied. The angel said: God hears your prayers and sees your gifts of mercy. Send men to Joppa to bring back Simon, whose surname is Peter:

Then I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven. He had everlasting good news to preach to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people. He spoke in a loud voice: Respect God, and give him glory! The hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

THE REVELATION GOD GAVE TO JESUS CHRIST, so that he could tell his servants the things that must soon take place. Christ then sent his angel to communicate the symbolic message to his servant John.

He said to me: Write: Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. He said to me: These are the true sayings of God.