Psalms 8:5

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You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 2:7 : 7 You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.
  • Gen 1:26-27 : 26 Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.” 27 God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 The LORD God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
  • Job 4:18-20 : 18 If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels, 19 how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth? 20 They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
  • Ps 21:3-5 : 3 For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head. 4 He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty. 5 Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor.
  • Ps 45:1-3 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say,“I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.” 2 You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings. 3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!
  • Ps 45:6 : 6 Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
  • Ps 103:4 : 4 who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,
  • Ps 103:20 : 20 Praise the LORD, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 The Prediction of Peter’s Denial When Judas had gone out, Jesus said,“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.
  • Eph 1:21 : 21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
  • Phil 2:7-9 : 7 but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross! 9 As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
  • Heb 2:16 : 16 For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants.
  • 1 Pet 1:20-21 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake. 21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 2:5-10
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    5Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.

    6Instead someone testified somewhere:“What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

    7You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.

    8You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,

    9but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.

    10For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • Ps 8:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,

    7including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

  • Ps 8:1-4
    4 verses
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    1For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

    2From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

    4Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?

  • Ps 21:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

    4He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

    5Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor.

    6For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

  • Heb 1:4-10
    7 verses
    74%

    4Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

    5The Son Is Superior to Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say,“You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says,“I will be his father and he will be my son.”

    6But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says,“Let all the angels of God worship him!”

    7And he says of the angels,“He makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire,”

    8but of the Son he says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

    9You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”

    10And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Heb 1:13
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    13But to which of the angels has he ever said,“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

  • Job 7:17
    73%

    17Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

  • Ps 82:6-7
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    72%

    6I thought,‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

    7Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers.”

  • Heb 5:5
    72%

    5So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him,“You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

  • Ps 89:44
    72%

    44You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.

  • Rev 5:10
    71%

    10You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

  • Ps 144:3
    71%

    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

  • Ps 57:5
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    5Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

  • Ps 108:5
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    5Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

  • Rev 4:11
    70%

    11“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”

  • Ps 113:8
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    8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

  • Phil 2:9
    70%

    9As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,

  • Ps 80:17
    69%

    17May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

  • Gen 1:26
    69%

    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

  • Luke 4:10
    69%

    10for it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’

  • Ps 92:4
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    4For you, O LORD, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

  • Ps 102:25
    69%

    25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

  • Ps 89:17
    69%

    17For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.

  • Acts 2:34
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    34For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand

  • Job 25:6
    69%

    6how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

  • Job 40:10
    69%

    10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

  • Ps 57:11
    68%

    11Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

  • Ps 89:27
    68%

    27I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    68%

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

  • Ps 113:6
    68%

    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

  • Hab 1:14
    68%

    14You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.