Hebrews 1:8

But about the Son: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of equity.

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In The King James Version

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

In Context

7And about the Angels, certainly, he says: “He makes his Angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.”

9You have loved justice, and you have hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of exultation, above your companions.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:14Blessed shall you be among all peoples. No one will be barren among you of either gender, as much among men as among your herds.

Psalms 45:6God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. God will assist it in the early morning.

Psalms 72:7Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.

Psalms 99:4Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him. Praise his name.

Isaiah 7:14For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

Isaiah 32:1Behold, the king will reign in justice, and the princes will rule in judgment.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 1:5-14

The Dignity of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a… Read the whole commentary →

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