Study of 'spirit' and 'Spirit' in the Old Testament
Volume
2, Study 5, 'spirit' and 'Spirit'
‘spirit’ in all its forms in the KJV Old Testament
(Please
be following along in your Bible so as to connect with the context and the
circumstance of each
verse.)
This
long study began with the idea of showing the reader how the translators of the
King James Bible distinguished between ‘Holy Spirit’ and ‘Holy Ghost’ in the New Testament and why they did it and
how it was to be used by Bible readers. Therefore, the reader must first read
the ‘Holy Ghost’ file because all of my comments in each of these files have to
do with what the KJV translators did regarding ‘Holy Ghost’ and ‘Holy Spirit’.
However,
then I decided to include ‘spirit’ and also ‘Spirit’ in the New Testament as well, which you can
find in files ‘spirit’ and ‘Spirit’. The reader can print out this file and
print out any of the other files for comparison when reading any of the books
of the New Testament. When printed, these can be compared side by side.
The
entire study is altogether interesting, but rather long. The reader can read my
comments for what they are worth (or not); even so, the overall study provides
lists of all such New Testament
verses with the word ‘spirit’ in some form. In this file the same has been done
for the word ‘spirit’ in this Old
Testament study.
I
have not included nearly so many comments after verses in this file. The
repeated reading of verse after verse with the word ‘study’ in some form begins
to build up in the mind how God uses the word in scripture and what He means by
it and in its varied forms. Also, you can see ‘spirit’ in the children of God,
but also see ‘spirit’ in those not of the children of God.
I
repeat, this overall study and its lists can make for good references in your
future studies. Indeed, if you copy these lists then you can insert into them
(as I have done) your own comments for your future use.
Included
in many of the verses are brackets [ ] which contain the meaning of a Greek
word(s). The Greek definitions are according to Strong, as I am using the
e-Sword software of the King James Version with Strong’s Numbers.
The
KJV translators did not translate
such as to have ‘Holy Ghost’ in the Old Testament. And it is interesting in the
Old Testament that the KJV translators capitalized the word ‘Spirit’ only when
the text is ‘Spirit of God’ (see Genesis 1:2), but not in the many other texts where
it seems that ‘spirit’ is still God’s Spirit (see Genesis 6:3).
~
Genesis ~
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was [existed] without form, and void; and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.
The Hebrew word translated ‘earth’ means firm in the sense of surface. This word when used in a text in the
broad sense implies the surface of a
generalized large area or ‘earth’. But this is not carried over to mean our
modern meaning of the globe of planet earth.
In the more limited sense in a text
it means ‘land’, which could be the land of Israel, Persia, land of the north,
etc. But depending on the text it could mean the land that is enclosed in a
field, etc.
The word for ‘without form’ means waste.
It can be a destroyed town where few if any humans live, or it can be a
wilderness where people in the general sense do not live, but where sheep
herders and such may live amidst their work (i.e. wilderness). In other words,
there is no civilization there.
The word ‘void’ similarly means empty
in a manner as to the word waste. It
could be a destroyed area or the emptiness of a wilderness (in regards to
civilization).
Spirit means movement of breath (as
it does in the New Testament). It could be a breeze or swirling or even
violent.
‘moved’ means brooding and at
ease (as compared to swirling or violent).
‘upon’ means above, over.
I.e. “The surface of the earth existed as a waste and empty (having no
civilization); and dark was above the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God
easily (or softly) brooded over the face of the waters.”
6:3) And the LORD said, My
spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
The Hebrew word for ‘always’ is often also translated
eternal, forever, perpetual, long time, world, age, etc. Its basic meaning is
‘vanishing point’: When something is going down a road, the vanishing point is
when normal eyesight can no longer detect it. When something is clearly in a
person’s mind, the vanishing point is when that thought has finally disappeared
from memory. Etc. The concept can be applied into the future or into the past.
It is interesting how translators translate it.
‘strive’ means to rule as in
judging.
‘flesh’ means body, person,
that which is left when clothes are removed, thus also nakedness.
41:8) And it came to pass in the
morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the
magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told [enumerated] them his dream; but there was none that
could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
41:38) And Pharaoh said unto his
servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God
is?
45:27) And they told him all the
words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which
Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
The word ‘spirit’ here is the same as above, the standard meaning.
~
Exodus ~
Exodus 6:9) And Moses spake so
unto the children [sons] of Israel:
but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
‘sons’ is more correct than ‘children’; it infers family builders or lineage makers.
28:3) And thou shalt speak unto
all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that
they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me
in the priest's office.
‘filled with’ means filled
with. Might in this case ‘spirit’
be ‘Spirit’?
31:3) And I have filled him with
the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in
all manner of [the whole of]
workmanship [this ministry],
‘filled with’ means filled
with. Might in this case ‘spirit’
be ‘Spirit’?
35:21) And they came, every one
whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing [induce
or inspire], and they brought the LORD'S
offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his
service, and for the holy garments.
This is interesting: The spirit of
each of these (men, women, children) became inspired to the point of stepping
forward to volunteer and then went through their possessions (which were many
Exodus 12:33-36) to find any of the things needed by the craftsperson.
Who do you think stirred up each
spirit, which in turn stirred up or motivated each person? The Holy Spirit was
far more active in Old Testament times than we think.
35:31) And he hath filled him
with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in
all manner of workmanship;
‘filled with’ means filled
with. Might in this case ‘spirit’
be ‘Spirit’?
~ Leviticus ~
Leviticus 20:27) A man also or
woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to
death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
The word spirit is not in the
original text. The Hebrew word means ‘mumbler’,
which may actually mean that the person has a evil spirit that has him mumbling
constantly to himself; and since he is constantly in touch with such a spirit
then people may come to him to inquire about things that they want to know.
‘wizard’ means knowing one,
a person you might go to get answered question which you would not ask God.
~
Numbers ~
Numbers 5:14) And the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or
if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she
be not defiled:
5:30) Or when the spirit of
jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the
woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
11:17) And I will come down and
talk [to make arrangements] with
thee there: and I will take of [a part of] the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they
shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself
alone.
Moses and these men each have their
own spirit inside them. Thus, for there to be a spirit ‘upon’ Moses it is not his spirit. There is a spirit (which I think
is Spirit) upon Moses of which God will take and put upon each of these men.
My understanding is that God’s
Spirit upon Moses for his great ministry and work will be shared to a lesser
degree with each of these men for their ministry and work. The Spirit is not
divided, rather given of God to these men to fit the ministry and work.
11:25) And the LORD came down in
a cloud, and spake [in arrangement]
unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the
seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested [settled] upon them, they prophesied, and did not
cease.
This kind of prophesying was not the
normal kind with a prophet, rather it was entirely of the Spirit that was upon
them as a sign to the people. Thus, when Moses informed the people what God was
doing, the people had this sign to assure them of what God had done to these
men. It is similar to Acts 2.
11:26) But there remained two of
the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other
Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were
written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
11:29) And Moses said unto him,
Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets,
and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
14:24) But my servant Caleb,
because he had another [next to him]
spirit with [accompanying] him, and
hath followed [after] me fully, him
will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
The general concept is that Caleb
had a better heart toward God than the others, which was probably true. But it
seems to me that some aspect of the Spirit accompanied Caleb inspiring and/or
leading him to follow God in all things, (i.e. in faith, such that God was well
pleased with him). Caleb’s eyes of faith viewed the giants as defeated in the
Lord.
24:2) And Balaam lifted up his
eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the
spirit of God came upon him.
This is exactly how God worked with
any of the Israelite prophets, all prophets of God. Thus, I would also have
here ‘Spirit’.
27:18) And the LORD said unto
Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay
thine hand upon him;
Here again, since Joshua had his own
spirit, like the seventy men in 11:25, the spirit in this verse should also be
Spirit. Moreover, God is in the process of replacing Moses with Joshua.
~
Deuteronomy ~
Deuteronomy 2:30) But Sihon king
of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his
spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand,
as appeareth this day.
34:9) And Joshua the son of Nun
was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and
the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
~
Joshua ~
Joshua 5:1) And it came to pass,
when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward,
and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD
had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we
were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any
more, because of the children of Israel.
~
Judges ~
Judges 3:10) And the Spirit of
the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD
delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand
prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
6:34) But the Spirit of the LORD
came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
9:23) Then God sent an evil
spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt
treacherously with Abimelech:
11:29) Then the Spirit of the
LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed
over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the
children of Ammon.
13:25) And the Spirit of the
LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
14:6) And the Spirit of the LORD
came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had
nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
14:19) And the Spirit of the
LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them,
and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the
riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
15:14) And when he came unto
Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that
was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15:19) But God clave an hollow
place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had
drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name
thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
~
1Samuel ~
1Samuel 1:15) And Hannah
answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the
LORD.
As in the New Testament, the word
translated as ‘soul’ is breath as in
a living being. Unlike ‘spirit’ or ‘Spirit’ the meaning does not include the movement that is in spirit and/or wind.
10:6) And the Spirit of the LORD
will come upon thee [Saul], and thou
shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
10:10) And when they came
thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of
God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
This is not like in Numbers 11:25
where the men prophesied continually for a while as a sign to the people. Here
Saul joins a group of ‘sons of the prophets’ and the Spirit of God gave him to
prophesy even as do prophets. It was a sign particularly to Saul that God was
with him because Saul was not at all sure that he could function as king of
Israel.
11:6) And the Spirit of God came
upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
16:13) Then Samuel took the horn
of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the
LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to
Ramah.
16:14) But the Spirit of the
LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
16:15) And Saul's servants said
unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
16:16) Let our lord now command
thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player
on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon
thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
16:23) And it came to pass, when
the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played
with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit
departed from him.
Did the evil spirit depart because
of the sweet music, or because the music was played by David who had the Spirit
of God on him. I suspect that the evil spirit could not abide in the same local
as the Spirit of God.
18:10) And it came to pass on
the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in
the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and
there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
19:9) And the evil spirit from
the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand:
and David played with his hand.
Interesting, the dual between the
evil spirit ‘upon’ and the Spirit of
God upon David.
19:20) And Saul sent messengers
to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and
Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the
messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
Interesting!
19:23) And he went thither to
Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and
prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
More interesting!
28:7) Then said Saul unto his
servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar [mumbler] spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire
of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a
familiar spirit at Endor.
Here is the mumbler again (i.e. the word spirit is not in the original text).
However, since a spirit was causing such a person to mumble unto herself, and
apparently back to the spirit also, then someone going to a mumbler would be asking information of
the spirit.
28:8) And Saul disguised
himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they
came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine [determine] unto me by the familiar spirit [by
mumbling], and bring me him up, whom I
shall name unto thee.
30:12) And they gave him a piece
of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his
spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three
days and three nights.
~
2Samuel ~
2Samuel 23:2) The Spirit of the
LORD spake [made arrangements] by
me, and his word was in [upon] my
tongue.
~
1Kings ~
1Kings 10:5) And the meat of his
table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers,
and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto
the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her [perhaps it took her
breath away].
18:12) And it shall come to
pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry
thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find
thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
21:5) But Jezebel his wife came
to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
22:21) And there came forth a
spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
22:22) And the LORD said unto
him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in
the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and
prevail also: go forth, and do so.
22:23) Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and
the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
22:24) But Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went
the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
~
2Kings ~
2Kings 2:9) And it came to pass,
when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for
thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a
double portion of thy spirit be upon [towards] me.
2:15) And when the sons of the
prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah
doth rest on [settled upon] Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2:16) And they said unto him,
Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray
thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken
him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye
shall not send.
This is out of these prophets’
concern for Elijah to be buried with honor on the soil of Israel. It was an
honorable and respectful desire on their part, but not in God’s will.
~
1Chronicles ~
1Chronicles 5:26) And the God of
Israel stirred [opened, awakened] up
the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of
Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and
the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara,
and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
10:13) So Saul died for his
transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the
LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar
spirit, to enquire of it;
12:18) Then the spirit came upon
[wrapped around, clothed] Amasai,
who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy
side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine
helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them
captains of the band.
Surely this should be ‘Spirit’.
28:12) And the pattern of all [the
whole] that he had by the spirit, of the
courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the
treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated [as
sacred] things:
~
2Chronicles ~
2Chronicles 9:4) And the meat of
his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his
ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his
ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit
in her [probably left her breathless].
15:1) And the Spirit of God came
upon Azariah the son of Oded:
18:20) Then there came out a
spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD
said unto him, Wherewith?
18:21) And he said, I will go
out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said,
Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
18:22) Now therefore, behold,
the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the
LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
18:23) Then Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went
the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
20:14) Then upon Jahaziel the
son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a
Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the
congregation;
21:16) Moreover the LORD stirred
up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that
were near the Ethiopians:
24:20) And the Spirit of God
came upon [wrapped around, clothed]
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and
said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD,
that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also
forsaken you.
33:6) And he caused his children
[sons] to pass through the fire in
the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments,
and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he
wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
‘observed times’ actually is covered
secret things.
‘enchantments’ are whispered
spells.
‘witchcraft’ is whisper incantations.
We dealt above with ‘familiar spirits’ and ‘wizards’.
36:22) Now in the first year of
Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up [opened the eyes, awakened] the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that
he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,
saying,
~
Ezra ~
Ezra 1:1) Now in the first year
of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in
writing, saying,
1:5) Then rose up the chief of
the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all
them whose spirit God had raised [opened the eyes, wakened], to go up to build the house of the LORD
which is in Jerusalem.
~
Nehemiah ~
Nehemiah 9:20) Thou gavest also
thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their
mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
This is ‘thy’ good spirit, which is the Spirit of God.
9:30) Yet many years didst thou
forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in [in the hand
of] thy prophets: yet would they not
give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
This is ‘thy’ good spirit, which is the Spirit of God.
~ Job ~
Job 4:15) Then a spirit passed
before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
6:4) For the arrows of the
Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors
of God do set themselves in array against me.
7:11) Therefore I will not
refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in
the bitterness of my soul.
10:12) Thou hast granted me life
and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
15:13) That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words
go out of thy mouth?
20:3) I have heard the check [chastisement] of my reproach, and the spirit of my
understanding causeth me to answer [to heed].
21:4) As for me, is my complaint
[contemplation] to man? and if it
were so, why should not my spirit be troubled [curtailed, cut back]?
26:4) To whom hast thou uttered [near
to whom has thou confronted with] words?
and whose spirit came from [went out from] thee?
26:13) By his spirit he hath
garnished [brightened with garnishments] the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked [fugitive, fleeing] serpent.
27:3) All the while my breath [stirred
spirit or inspiration] is in me, and the
spirit of God is in my nostrils;
32:8) But there is a spirit in
man: and the inspiration [stirred spirit or inspiration] of the Almighty giveth them understanding [ability
to distinguish].
32:18) For I am full of matter [discourse], the spirit within me [in my belly] constraineth me.
33:4) The Spirit of God hath
made me, and the breath [stirred spirit or inspiration] of the Almighty hath given me life.
34:14) If he set his heart upon [toward] man, if he gather unto [toward] himself his spirit and his breath [stirred
spirit or inspiration];
~
Psalms ~
Psalms 31:5) Into thine hand I
commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
32:2) Blessed is the man unto
whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
34:18) The LORD is nigh unto
them that are of a broken heart; and saveth [set free] such as be of a contrite spirit.
51:10) Create in me a clean
heart, O God; and renew [make a new]
a right [upright] spirit within me.
51:11) Cast me not away from thy
presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
David speaking: shouldn’t it be
‘Holy Spirit’?
51:12) Restore [return] unto me the joy of thy salvation [liberty]; and uphold me with thy free spirit [spirit
of nobility].
51:17) The sacrifices of God are
a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise [distain,
count of little value].
76:12) He shall cut off the
spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
77:3) I remembered God, and was
troubled [cried aloud]: I complained
[pondered within myself], and my
spirit was overwhelmed [enshrouded, darkened]. Selah.
77:6) I call to remembrance my
song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent
search.
78:8) 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 [near] God.
104:30) Thou sendest forth thy
spirit [God’s Spirit], they are
created: and thou renewest [make new]
the face of the earth [soil or ground, land surface].
106:33) Because they provoked [embittered] his [Moses] spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips [angry,
confused, not led of the Lord].
139:7) Whither shall I go from
thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
142:3) When my spirit was
overwhelmed [enshrouded, darkened] within [over] me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they
privily laid [hid] a snare for me.
143:4) Therefore is my spirit
overwhelmed [enshrouded, darkened]
within me; my heart within me is desolate [stunned].
143:7) Hear me speedily [Heed
me, hurry], O LORD: my spirit faileth [is
at its end]: hide not thy face from me,
lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
143:10) Teach [Prod] me to do thy will; for thou art my God:
thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness [level ground, easy
walking].
~
Proverbs ~
Proverbs 1:23) Turn you at my
reproof [Turn back at my chastisement]:
behold, I will pour out my spirit [my Spirit] unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
11:13) A talebearer revealeth
secrets [consultations]: but he that
is of a faithful spirit [stirred spirit or inspired] concealeth the matter.
14:29) He that is slow to wrath
is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
15:4) A wholesome tongue [a
tongue that cures instead of destroys]
is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
15:13) A merry heart maketh a
cheerful countenance [makes well the face]: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
16:18) Pride goeth before
destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
16:19) Better it is to be of an
humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
16:32) He that is slow to anger
is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a
city.
17:22) A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
17:27) He that hath knowledge
spareth [restrains] his words: and a
man of understanding is of an excellent [valuable] spirit.
18:14) The spirit of a man will
sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
20:27) The spirit [stirred
spirit, inspiration] of man is the
candle [lamp] of the LORD, searching
all [the whole] the inward parts [chamber] of the belly.
God’s stirring of a Christian’s
spirit, inspiring the spirit, works like a lamp in the Christian to let him
know what he is, for God already knows. But how often do Christians permit God
this freedom, for such is scary business.
25:28) He that hath no rule over
his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
29:23) A man's pride shall bring
him low: but honour [honorableness]
shall uphold the humble [humbled, made low, depressed] in spirit.
Even honorable people can become
depressed, weighed down. Yet, the honorableness of their hearts tend to uphold
them, as God is pleased and gives them much aid.
~
Ecclesiastes ~
Ecclesiastes 1:14) I have seen
all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and
vexation of spirit.
1:17) And I gave my heart to
know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is
vexation of [together caused me vexation of] spirit.
That is, gathering of such knowledge
either by experience or studying the experience of others caused the writer
vexation in his spirit.
2:11) Then I looked on all the
works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do [in
my studies]: and, behold, all was vanity
and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit [in my labors] under the sun.
2:17) Therefore I hated life;
because the work that is wrought [that the writer wrought] under the sun is grievous unto me: for all
is vanity and vexation of spirit.
2:26) 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 [that it may
be given to] him that is good before
God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit [to the person (like this
writer) trying to collect so many things, including trying to collect much
wisdom and knowledge on his own].
3:21) Who knoweth the spirit [the
spirit we have been studying] of [the] man that goeth upward [ascends above], and the spirit [animal breath or
spirit] of the beast that goeth downward
to the earth?
4:4) Again, I considered all
travail [weary toil], and every
right [advantageous, successful]
work, that for this [success] a man
is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
4:6) Better is an handful with
quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
4:16) 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.
6:9) Better is the sight of the
eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of
spirit.
7:8) Better is the end of a
thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the
proud in spirit.
7:9) Be not hasty in thy spirit
to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
8:8) 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.
10:4) If the spirit of the ruler
rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great
offences.
11:5) 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.
12:7) Then shall the dust return
to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
~
Isaiah ~
Isaiah 4:4) 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.
11:2) 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;
19:3) 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.
19:14) The LORD hath mingled a
perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err [vacillate] in every work thereof, as a drunken man
staggereth in his vomit.
26:9) 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 land], the inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness.
28:6) And for a spirit of
judgment to him that sitteth in [over]
judgment, and for strength [valor]
to them that turn the battle to the gate [force the invaders back out
through the gate].
29:4) 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.
29:10) 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.
29:24) They also that erred [vacillated] in spirit shall come to [know] understanding, and they that murmured [rebelliously] shall learn [be taught] doctrine.
30:1) Woe to the rebellious
children [sons], saith the LORD,
that take [make, bring forth]
counsel, but not of me; and that cover [anoint] with a covering [libations],
but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
31:3) 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.
32:15) 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.
34:16) Seek ye out of the book
of the LORD, and read [inquire of it]:
no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath
commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
38:16) 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.
40:7) The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the
people is grass.
40:13) Who hath directed [measured] the Spirit of the LORD, or being his
counsellor hath taught him [or a man seen him so as to know him]?
42:1) 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.
42:5) Thus saith God the LORD,
he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth [pounded,
as in making a sheet of metal] the
earth, and that which cometh out of it [produced, fruit or offspring]; he that giveth breath [puff of wind,
activating spirit (or Spirit)] unto the
people upon [over] it, and spirit to
them that walk therein:
I.e. “Thus saith God the Lord, he
that created the heavens and stretched them out; he that pounded out the
surface of the land, as well as all that was produced out of (God’s workings);
he that had given a puff of spirit (or Spirit) over the people and who gives
spirit to them that walk about (in His creative workings).”
44:3) For I will pour water upon
him that is thirsty, and floods [rains]
upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon
thine offspring:
48:16) 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.
54:6) 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.
57:15-16) For thus saith the
high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the
high and holy place, with [near] 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 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.
59:19) 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.
59:21) 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.
61:1) 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;
61:3) 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.
63:10-11) But they rebelled, and
vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he 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?
63:14) 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.
65:14) Behold, my servants shall
sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for
vexation of spirit.
66:2) 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.
~
Jeremiah ~
Jeremiah 51:11) 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.
~
Ezekiel ~
As
mentioned at the beginning of this file, many of the words ‘spirit’ are not
capitalized, but I would think that they should be capitalized as they appear in
the NIV.
Ezekiel 1:12) And they went every
one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned
not when they went.
1:20) 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.
1:21) When those went, these
went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
living creature was in the wheels.
2:2) And the spirit entered into
me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake
unto me.
3:12) Then the spirit took me
up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the
glory of the LORD from his place.
3:14) So the spirit lifted me
up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but
the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
3:24) Then the spirit entered
into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut
thyself within thine house.
8:3) And he put forth the form
of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up
between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to
Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where
was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
10:17) When they stood, these
stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the
spirit of the living creature was in them.
11:1) Moreover the spirit lifted
me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh
eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I
saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the
people.
11:5) And the Spirit of the LORD
fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said,
O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of
them.
11:19) And I will give them one
heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart
out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
11:24) Afterwards the spirit
took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to
them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
13:3) Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing!
18:31) Cast away from you all
your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and
a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
21:7) And it shall be, when they
say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings;
because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble,
and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it
cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
36:26) A new heart also will I
give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the
stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
36:27) And I will put my spirit
within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my
judgments, and do them.
37:1) The hand of the LORD was
upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the
midst of the valley which was full of bones,
37:14) And shall put my spirit
in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall
ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
39:29) Neither will I hide my
face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of
Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
43:5) So the spirit took me up,
and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled
the house.
~
Daniel ~
Daniel 2:1) And in the second
year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith
his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2:3) And the king said unto
them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4:8) But at the last Daniel came
in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and
in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
4:9) O Belteshazzar, master of
the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and
no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and
the interpretation thereof.
4:18) This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar
have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof,
forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me
the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in
thee.
5:11) There is a man in thy
kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father
light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in
him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made
master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
5:12) Forasmuch as an excellent
spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing
of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom
the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the
interpretation.
5:14) I have even heard of thee,
that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and
excellent wisdom is found in thee.
6:3) Then this Daniel was
preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in
him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
7:15) I Daniel was grieved in my
spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
~
Hosea ~
Hosea 4:12) My people ask
counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of
whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under
their God.
5:4) They will not frame their
doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of
them, and they have not known the LORD.
~
Joel ~
Joel 2:28-29) And it shall come
to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in
those days will I pour out my spirit.
~
Micah ~
Micah 2:7) O thou that art named
the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings?
do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
2:11) If a man walking in the
spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of
strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
3:8) But truly I am full of
power [force] by the spirit of the
LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression,
and to Israel his sin.
~
Haggai ~
Haggai 1:14) And the LORD
stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit
of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of
the LORD of hosts, their God,
2:5) According to the word that
I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among
you: fear ye not.
~
Zechariah ~
Zechariah 4:6) Then he answered
and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by might, nor by power [force], but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
6:8) Then cried he upon me, and
spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have
quieted my spirit in the north country.
7:12) Yea, they made their
hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which
the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore
came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
12:1) The burden of the word of
the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and
layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
12:10) And I will pour upon the
house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and
of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they
shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in
bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
13:2) And it shall come to pass
in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the
idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will
cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
~
Malachi ~
Malachi 2:15) And did not he
make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he
might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal
treacherously against the wife of his youth.
2:16) For the LORD, the God of
Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his
garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye
deal not treacherously.
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