27 Bible Verses about Messenger

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Proverbs 13:17

An evil messenger stumbles into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Genesis 32:3

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him into the land of Seir (that is, into the territory of Edom) to meet his brother Esau.

Numbers 20:14

Later, Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom with this message: "This is what your relative Israel says: "You know all the hardships we've encountered.

Judges 6:35

He sent messengers to the entire tribe of Manasseh, calling them to follow him, and he also sent word to the tribes of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, calling them to meet him.

1 Samuel 23:27

Then a messenger came to Saul with this news: "Come quickly, because the Philistines have made a raid on the land!"

2 Samuel 11:22

So the messenger left Joab, set out for Jerusalem, and disclosed to David everything that Joab had sent him to say.

2 Samuel 15:13

Then a messenger arrived to inform David, "The loyalties of the men of Israel have shifted to Absalom."

1 Kings 19:2

Jezebel sent a messenger to tell Elijah, "May the gods do the same to me and even more if tomorrow about this time I haven't made you like one of those prophets you had killed."

1 Kings 22:13

Meanwhile, the messenger who had gone off to summon Micaiah advised him, "Look, everything that the other prophets were saying was unanimously favorable to the king. So please, cooperate with them and speak favorably."

2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the LORD spoke to Elijah the foreigner, "Get up and go meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Ask them "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you're going to consult with Ekron's god Baal-zebub?

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent a messenger out to him, who told him, "Go bathe in the Jordan River seven times. Your flesh will be restored for you. Now stay clean!"

2 Kings 6:32

Meanwhile, Elisha was sitting in his house, along with the elders, when the king sent a man to kill him, but before the messenger arrived, Elisha told the elders, "Are you watching how this descendant of murderers has ordered my head be cut off? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and hold it to shut them out! Don't you hear the sound of his master's feet right behind him?"

Job 1:14

a messenger approached Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby

Isaiah 37:9

Now King Sennacherib had received this report concerning King Tirhakah of Cush: "He has marched out to fight against you."

Jeremiah 51:31

One runner runs to meet another runner, and one messenger to meet another messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been seized from one end to the other.

Philippians 2:25

Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need back to you.

Numbers 16:28

Now Korah, Dathan, and Abiram stood at the entrance to their tents with their wives, sons, and little children. Then Moses said, "This is how you'll know that the LORD has sent me to do all these awesome works they're not coming merely from me.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet like you from among their relatives, and I will place my words in his mouth so that he may expound everything that I have commanded to them.

Judges 6:8

the LORD sent a man who was a prophet to the Israelis and told them, "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "I was the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, delivering you from the house of servitude.

2 Samuel 12:25

and sent a message written by Nathan the prophet to call his name Jedidiah, for the Lord's sake.

1 Kings 16:7

In addition, a message from the LORD came through Hanani's son Jehu the prophet against Baasha and his household, not only because of all of the things that Baasha did that the LORD considered to be evil, including provoking the LORD to anger by what he did and by being like the household of Jeroboam, but also because Baasha had destroyed Jeroboam's household.

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Christ » Mediator » Messenger

Matthew 21:37

Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, "They will respect my son.'

John 8:42

Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would've loved me, because I came from God and am here. I haven't come on my own accord, but he sent me.

Messenger » Figurative

Malachi 3:1

"Watch out! I'm sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly, the LORD you are looking for will come to his Temple. He is the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Watch out! He is coming!" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Mark 1:2

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he's the messenger of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Malachi 4:5-6

"Pay attention! I'm sending Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful Day of the LORD comes, and he will turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I'll come, strike the land, and utterly destroy it."

Matthew 11:10

This is the man about whom it is written, "See, I am sending 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

To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.

Regem-melech » A captive » Messenger

Zechariah 7:2

The people of Bethel were sending Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to pray in the LORD's presence

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Angels, as God's messengers

Isaiah 40:3-5

A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; and in the desert a straight highway for our God.'

Divine Messenger

Daniel 4:17

This order is announced by the observers, and the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires, and he places the least important of men over them.'

Messengers Sent Out

2 Samuel 3:12

So Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron to ask him, "Who owns this land? Cut a deal with me, and look! I'll lend my hand in bringing all of Israel over to you!"

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