27 Bible Verses about Messenger

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Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into adversity,
But a faithful envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

Genesis 32:3

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Numbers 20:14

From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the king of Edom: “Thus your brother Israel has said, ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us;

Judges 6:35

He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and they also were called together to follow him; and he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

1 Samuel 23:27

But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.

2 Samuel 15:13

Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

1 Kings 22:13

Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the Lord 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 no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.”

2 Kings 6:32

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

Job 1:14

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

Isaiah 37:9

When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “He has come out to fight against you,” and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Jeremiah 51:31

One courier runs to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;

Daniel 3:4

Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language,

Philippians 2:25

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;

Numbers 16:28

Moses said, “By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Judges 6:8

that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery.

2 Samuel 12:25

and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake.

1 Kings 16:7

Moreover, the word of the Lord through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it.

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Christ » Mediator » Messenger

Matthew 21:37

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

Messenger » Figurative

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 1:2

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way;

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:5-6

"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. "He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse."

Matthew 11:10

This is the one about whom it is written,
Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

More verses: Haggai 1:13 Luke 7:27

Messenger » Figurative » Of satan

2 Corinthians 12:7

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

Regem-melech » A captive » Messenger

Zechariah 7:2

Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the Lord,

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Angels, as God's messengers

Isaiah 40:3-5

A voice is calling,
Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Divine Messenger

Daniel 4:17

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

Messengers Sent Out

2 Samuel 3:12

Then Abner sent messengers to David in his place, saying, “Whose is the land? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

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