Psalms 8:5

God made man a little lower than the heavenly beings, crowned with glory and honor. Humanity holds a dignified place in the created order.

Cross-references · 16

• Heb 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
• Heb 2:9But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
• Gen 1:26–27God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
• Phil 2:7–11but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
• Heb 2:16For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham.
• Ps 21:3–5For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
• Eph 1:21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
• Ps 103:4who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
• 1 Pet 1:20–21who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
• Gen 2:7Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• John 13:31–32When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
• Ps 45:1–3For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
• Ps 103:20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
• Ps 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
• Job 4:18–20Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
• 2 Sam 14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

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