Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

Majority Standard Bible

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 He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

Psalms 33:5The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.

Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

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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