Hebrews 1:9

You 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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In The King James Version

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

In Context

8But about the Son: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of equity.

10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, you founded the earth. And the heavens are the work of your hands.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

Psalms 11:5They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”

Psalms 33:5I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations.

Psalms 40:8All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

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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