Zechariah 6:5

New English Translation

The messenger replied, “These are the four spirits of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:11

The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

Job 1:6

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.

Psalm 148:8

O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

Psalm 68:17

God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

Isaiah 54:5

For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”

Jeremiah 49:36

I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go.

Ezekiel 11:22

Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Ezekiel 37:9

He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’”

Daniel 11:4

Shortly after his rise to power, his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky – but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.

Daniel 7:2

Daniel explained: “I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

Zechariah 4:10

For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel’s hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.)

Zechariah 4:14

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Zechariah 6:1

Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.

Matthew 18:10

“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 24:31

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Luke 1:19

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Hebrews 1:7

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

Joshua 3:11

Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

Revelation 7:1

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.