Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.

Darby Translation

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 as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.

10And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:

Psalms 11:5Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

Psalms 33:5He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.

Psalms 40:8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.

Psalms 89:20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalms 119:104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

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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