685 verses contain “spirit” (in the KJV: 574, in the BSB: 582) — showing 101–200
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By his
spirit he hath
garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the
crooked serpent.
By His breath the
skies were cleared; His hand pierced the
fleeing serpent.
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
if I have
devoured its produce without payment or broken the
spirit of its tenants,
But there is a
spirit in man: and the inspiration of the
Almighty giveth them understanding.
But there is a
spirit in a man, the breath of the
Almighty, that gives him understanding.
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
The
Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the
Almighty hath given me life.
The
Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the
Almighty gives me life.
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose
spirit there is no
guile.
Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose
spirit there is no
deceit.
The LORD is
nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the
contrite in
spirit.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right
spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and
uphold me with thy free
spirit.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and
sustain me with a willing
spirit.
The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: a broken and a
contrite heart, O God, thou
wilt not
despise.
The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit; a broken and a
contrite heart, O God, You will not
despise.
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
I call to
remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my
spirit made
diligent search.
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I
mused, and my
spirit pondered:
And might not be as their fathers, a
stubborn and
rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart
aright, and whose
spirit was not
stedfast with God.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a
stubborn and
rebellious generation, whose heart was not
loyal, whose
spirit was not faithful to God.
Wilt thou
shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee?
Selah.
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed
spirits rise up to praise You?
Selah Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
For they rebelled against His
Spirit, and Moses spoke
rashly with his lips.
Where can I go to escape Your
Spirit? Where can I
flee from Your presence?
When my
spirit was
overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they
privily laid a
snare for me.
Although my
spirit grows
faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a
snare for me.
My
spirit grows
faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
If you had
repented at my
rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my
spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
A
talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful
spirit concealeth the matter.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is
hasty of
spirit exalteth folly.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
A
merry heart maketh a
cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the
spirit is broken.
A joyful heart makes a
cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the
spirit.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are
weighed out by the LORD.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride goes before destruction, and a
haughty spirit before a fall.
Better it is to be of an humble
spirit with the lowly, than to divide the
spoil with the proud.
It is better to be lowly in
spirit among the humble than to divide the
spoil with the proud.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
He who is slow to anger is better than a
warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
A
merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken
spirit drieth the bones.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
The
spirit of a man will
sustain his
infirmity; but a wounded
spirit who can bear?
The
spirit of a man can
endure his sickness, but who can
survive a broken
spirit?
The
spirit of man is the
candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the
belly.
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall
uphold the humble in
spirit.
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and
vexation of
spirit.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be
futile, a pursuit of the wind.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is
vexation of
spirit.
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and
vexation of
spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had
toiled to
achieve, I found everything to be
futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Therefore I
hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is
grievous unto me: for all is vanity and
vexation of
spirit.
So I
hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was
grievous to me. For everything is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the
sinner he giveth
travail, to gather and to
heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and
vexation of
spirit.
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the
sinner He assigns the task of gathering and
accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Who knoweth the
spirit of man that goeth upward, and the
spirit of the beast that goeth
downward to the earth?
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
Again, I considered all
travail, and every right work, that for this a man is
envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and
vexation of
spirit.
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s
envy of his
neighbor. This too is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with
travail and
vexation of
spirit.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with
toil and pursuit of the wind.
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not
rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and
vexation of
spirit.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and
vexation of
spirit.
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Be not
hasty in thy
spirit to be
angry: for anger resteth in the
bosom of fools.
Do not be quickly
provoked in your
spirit, for anger settles in the
lap of a
fool.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not
abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the
spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the
womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s
womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
When the Lord shall have washed away the
filth of the daughters of
Zion, and shall have
purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the
spirit of judgment, and by the
spirit of burning.
when the Lord has washed away the
filth of the daughters of
Zion and
cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a
spirit of judgment and a
spirit of fire.
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto wizards that
peep, and that
mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
When men tell you to
consult the
spirits of the dead and the
spiritists who
whisper and
mutter, shouldn’t a people
consult their God instead? Why
consult the dead on behalf of the living?
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the
spirits of the dead to
greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Then the
spirit of the Egyptians will be
emptied out from among them, and I will
frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and
spirits of the dead, to mediums and
spiritists.
The LORD hath mingled a
perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to
err in every work thereof, as a
drunken man staggereth in his
vomit.
The LORD has poured into her a
spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led
astray in all she does, as a
drunkard staggers through his own
vomit.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night;
yea, with my
spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my
spirit seeks You at
dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
The dead will not live; the departed
spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have
wiped out all memory of them.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
a
spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who
repel the
onslaught at the gate.
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar
spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall
whisper out of the dust.
You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be
muffled. Your voice will be like a
spirit from the ground; your speech will
whisper out of the dust.
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
They also that
erred in
spirit shall come to understanding, and they that
murmured shall learn doctrine.
Then the
wayward in
spirit will come to understanding, and those who
grumble will accept instruction.”
Woe to the
rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my
spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
“
Woe to the
rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will,
heaping up sin upon sin.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not
spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is
holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not
spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will
stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
until the
Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an
orchard, and the
orchard will seem like a forest.
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her
mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his
spirit it hath gathered them.
Search and read the
scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her
mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His
Spirit.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Behold, I will put a
spirit in him so that he will hear a
rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my
spirit: so
wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
The grass
withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Who has directed the
Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His
counselor?
Behold my servant, whom I
uphold; mine
elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my
spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
“Here is My Servant, whom I
uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My
Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
For I will pour water upon him that is
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my
spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
For I will pour water on the
thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My
Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Come near to Me and
listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His
Spirit.
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman
forsaken and
grieved in
spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou
wast refused, saith thy God.
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a
contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits
eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the
oppressed and humble in
spirit, to restore the
spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the
contrite.
For I will not
contend for ever, neither will I be always
wroth: for the
spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
For I will not
accuse you
forever, nor will I always be
angry; for then the
spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a
raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to
preach good
tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has
anointed Me to
preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives and freedom to the prisoners,
To
appoint unto them that
mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be
glorified.
to
console the mourners in
Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, and a garment of praise for a
spirit of
despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be
glorified.
But they rebelled, and
vexed his holy
Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
But they rebelled and
grieved His Holy
Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the
shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy
Spirit within him?
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the
shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy
Spirit among them,
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the
Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so
didst thou lead thy people, to make
thyself a glorious name.
Like cattle going down to the valley, the
Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for
Yourself a glorious name.
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall
howl for
vexation of
spirit.
My servants will
shout for joy with a
glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and
wail with a broken
spirit.
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a
contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and
contrite in
spirit, who trembles at My word.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will
stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the
spirit of a destroyer.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the
spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his
device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the
vengeance of the LORD, the
vengeance of his temple.
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has
aroused the
spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the
vengeance of the LORD—
vengeance for His temple.
And they went every one straight forward:
whither the
spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
Each creature went straight
ahead. Wherever the
spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
Whithersoever the
spirit was to go, they went, thither was their
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the
spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Wherever the
spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise
alongside them, because the
spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.