114 Bible Verses about Spiritual
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But that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your material things?
But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
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Adorning » Spiritual » General references
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Adorning » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
But I say unto you, That Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they desired. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white clothing; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white clothing; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Adorning » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as a robe and a turban.
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for no longer, there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel.
Armour » Spiritual » Weapons and armour of the saints
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Assurance » Spiritual
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
Beauty » Spiritual
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish you the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish it.
Boasting » Spiritual
[To the Chief Musician, a maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boast you yourself in evil, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:) read more.
That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you. You will say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. read more.
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not arrogant, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also not spare you.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. read more.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. And of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.
Body » Resurrection of » Spiritual
Who shall change our humble body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.
Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Therefore in all things he had to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
But you be not called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, even Christ; and all you are brothers.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Since you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Spiritual
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Circumcision » Spiritual
In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Clothing » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
But I say unto you, That Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they desired. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white clothing; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white clothing; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Clothing » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as a robe and a turban.
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for no longer, there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel.
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way.
Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
And there is none that calls upon your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Darkness » Spiritual
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Deafness » Spiritual
Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return, and be healed.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Dearth » Spiritual
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues fail for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
death » Spiritual
Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have prepared?
They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as refuse upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD: and not that he should turn from his ways, and live?
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Debtors » Spiritual
For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.
By this perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Diligence » Spiritual
Say not, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
If by any means I may provoke to envy them who are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Enlightenment » Spiritual
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Feasts » Of new moons » Spiritual
And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
And on this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of rich things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Fulness » Spiritual » Warnings against worldly fulness
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not defend.
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you are grown fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They are enclosed in their own fat hearts: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of blessing
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of joy
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of the spirit
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of wisdom
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of God
And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Fulness » Spiritual » The overflowing cup
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Christ, the saviour
Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant to the people, for a light to the Gentiles;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Faith
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Wisdom
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Repentance
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Grace
But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Christ the chief of
Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant to the people, for a light to the Gentiles;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Rest
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Faith
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Are through Christ
You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Therefore he says, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Pray for
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Wisdom
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally, and reproaches not; and it shall be given him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Glory
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Grace
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » The holy ghost
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
But Peter said unto him, Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Righteousness
So is the gift not like it was by one that sinned: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses unto justification. For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » A new heart
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » To be used for mutual profit
As every man has received a gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Not repented of by him
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Strength and power
O God, you are awesome out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Eternal life
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Peace
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Repentance
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy ghost
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by God
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by Christ
And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Glory » Spiritual » Is the work of the holy spirit
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Good » Tidings » Spiritual
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that says unto Zion, Your God reigns!
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto you, and to show you these glad tidings.
O Zion, that brings good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Healing » Spiritual
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to the promise.
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together.
Therefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Heritage » Spiritual
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them who are sanctified.
Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ.
Hope » Spiritual » Abides forever
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,
If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature who is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;
And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Hope » Spiritual » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your descendants be.
Hope » Spiritual » Believers called to testify concerning
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Hope » Spiritual » The scriptures the source of
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Hope » Spiritual » The saving element in life
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?
Hope » Spiritual » Inspires to clean living
Hunger » Spiritual
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Ho, everyone that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » Spiritual
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.
Not because we have not that right, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.
Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Inheritance » Earthly » Spiritual
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them who are sanctified.
Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
Life » Spiritual
The thief comes not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.
Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
Life » Spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again.
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
Life » Spiritual » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death.
Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
That you may remember, and be ashamed, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I provide toward you an atonement for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
Mind » Spiritual
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities have risen higher than our head, and our trespass has grown up unto the heavens.
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against you, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.
Nation » Spiritual » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your post; for yielding pacifies great offences.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of rebellion or unruly.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Nation » Spiritual » Rebellion against
And whosoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise authority, and speak evil of the glorious ones.
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the order of the leaders and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
And the man that will act presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves judgment.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the idol poles out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and fit for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Reputation » Spiritual
For your obedience is well known unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and innocent concerning evil.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. read more.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved by fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your descendants be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from which also he received him in a figure. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; Esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked for the recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red sea as on dry land: which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were encircled seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in war, turned to flight the armies of foreigners. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Rest » Spiritual
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
Let us therefore fear, lest, although a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. read more.
For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the most High.
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
O that you had hearkened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
Sleep » Spiritual » Symbol of death
And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who shall proceed out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Sleep » Spiritual » General references to natural
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
And he came unto the disciples, and found them asleep, and said unto Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour?
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the lower part of the ship; and he had lain down, and was fast asleep.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
(According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Therefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Watch you therefore: for you know not when the Master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Radiant lives, of the saints
And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp that burns.
Spiritual » Blindness » Examples of
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in desolate places as dead men.
But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
You fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil not taken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went there and played the harlot with it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot with the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own deeds.
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their adulterous heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
Perverse wranglings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself.
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Of God
Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:
Spiritual » Instruction » Examples of spiritual
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his leaders, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethanel, and to Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Spiritual » Quickening » General references to spiritual quickening
O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
Revive me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Then will we not go back from you: revive us, and we will call upon your name.
[Daleth] My soul clings unto the dust: revive me according to your word.
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
Perverse wranglings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself.
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except him who receives it.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Therefore in all things he had to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
But you be not called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, even Christ; and all you are brothers.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Since you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heritage
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will:
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them who are sanctified.
Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » To God encouraged
O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays the proud doer.
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Exhortations to those engaged in
Be you strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the LORD, and work: for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts:
Thus says the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who were there in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Spiritual » Foundation » General references to
Therefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not be in haste.
Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone;
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to the promise.
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together.
Therefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Spiritual » Of God's word sins of » Imitation
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.
Not because we have not that right, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.
Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your alloy:
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Spiritual » Light » God a light
God is the LORD, who has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Spiritual » Light » Reflected from believers
That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp that burns.
So let all your enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when it goes forth in its might. And the land had rest forty years.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Coming with power
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of those that stand here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from here.
Spiritual » Resurrection » Man, raised from spiritual death
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also bring to life your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
And now why do you tarry? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and fit for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Spiritual » Renewal » Man, strengthened and renewed by the holy spirit
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;
And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adorning
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Treasures
I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Spiritual » Of children encouraged » Investments
I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Spiritual » Cleansing » Composure
Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and, Be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have of God, and you are not your own?
You also, as living stones, are built up into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone; In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord: In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery
For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin.
In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of heaven
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field:
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return, and be healed.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Preaching of
To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Only let your manner of life be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
And every man that strives for self control is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
For which I also labor, striving according to his working, who works in me mightily.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in to the covenant.
You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Spiritual » Battles » Beauty
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Who is she that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty: for it was perfect through my splendor, which I had put upon you, says the Lord GOD.
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Spiritual » Crowns » Debtors
For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.
By this perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » New Birth
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons
Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment unto the children of Israel.
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
And the people stood far off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Body
Who shall change our humble body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
(According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Therefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Watch you therefore: for you know not when the Master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Dawn, spiritual, the coming of Christ ushers in the
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up like calves of the stall.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.
Spiritual » Crowns » Dawn
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up like calves of the stall.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light.
But if the ministry of death, written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon its coals; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to a block of wood?
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
A senseless man knows not; neither does a fool understand this.
You hypocrites, you can discern the appearance of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues fail for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God
[To the Chief Musician. A maschil, for the Sons of Korah.] As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Spiritual » Kingdom » General references to
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from here.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
The righteous also shall hold to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.
Spiritual » Power » Fills life with healing influences
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
And God did special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Sanity
Casting down arguments, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
And they came to Jesus, and saw him that was possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Spiritual » Feasts » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
And on this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of rich things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger has turned away from him.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Circumcision
In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Utterance
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that you abound in this grace also.
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
That in every thing you are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
Spiritual » Traffic » Exhortations to men to engage in
I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white clothing, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Ho, everyone that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Examples of
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich.
That in every thing you are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
Spiritual » Enlargement » failure
Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this your so great a people?
And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Curds and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Spiritual » Hearing » Highway
Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; build up, build up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the people.
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
Set up signposts, make yourself landmarks: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
Spiritual » Adoption » Attraction
Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.
The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
I drew them with cords of compassion, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke from their jaws, and I laid food before them.
No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Jesus said unto them, If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Spiritual » Adoption » Armour
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
My teaching shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the most High.
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
O that you had hearkened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tested me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give you.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
Spiritual » Renewal » Reputation
For your obedience is well known unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and innocent concerning evil.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. read more.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved by fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your descendants be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from which also he received him in a figure. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; Esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked for the recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red sea as on dry land: which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were encircled seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in war, turned to flight the armies of foreigners. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Spiritual » Light » General references to
And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your darkness be as the noon day:
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
For her wound is incurable; for it has come unto Judah; it has come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
When Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together.
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Greet Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Heirship with Christ entailed in
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together.
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Greet Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Receptivity » General references to
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
But he that received seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; who also bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when you received the word of God which you heard of us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works also in you that believe.
Spiritual » Hope » Abides forever
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,
If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature who is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;
And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence.
Son of man, I have made you a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Spiritual » Life » Necessitates death to sin and self
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again.
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Near at hand
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
So likewise you, when you see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near at hand.
Spiritual » Mind » Mind of Christ
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Since therefore Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
Spiritual » Mind » Spiritual mind
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight with afflictions;
And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight with afflictions;
And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Fidelity
For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
You are they who have continued with me in my trials. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed unto me;
Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Exercise
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made five other talents.
Therefore I remind you that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
And indeed you do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that you increase more and more;
Spiritual » Immaturity » Inability to receive strong doctrine
Brethren, be not children in understanding: but in malice be children, but in understanding be men.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are trained by it.
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Spiritual » Talk » Used in everyday life
And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
You shall not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Spiritual cleansing
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to pieces: even as I received of my Father.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loves us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And has made us a kingdom and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
And because of false brethren brought in unawares, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Victory over satan
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A spiritual crown
Fear none of those things which you will suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except him who receives it.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Without defect
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the idol poles out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Endurance
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Growth
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to explain, seeing you are dull of hearing. For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. read more.
But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto maturity; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permits. read more.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth plants fit for them by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: But that which bears thorns and briars is worthless, and is near unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:
That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
For we are laborers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
Say not, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal: that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Spiritual » Labourers » Prayer for the increase of
So when evening came, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of
For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of glory
Fear none of those things which you will suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Sympathetic service
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and you gave me food: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.
And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here am I.
Spiritual » Rest » Lost by stubbornness
To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: but you would not.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Humility
Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Dedication of God's house
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of blessing
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over severest afflictions
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Peter, the profane fisherman becomes a man whose very shadow heals
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crowed.
So that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » John the vindictive jew becomes the apostle of love
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.
And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of joy
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Spiritual » Rest » True response found in God
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve.
Return unto your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over evil influences of men
Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
And you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the LORD of hosts.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The woman of samaria of unsavoury reputation becomes an evangel of truth
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, You have well said, I have no husband: For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: that said you truly.
Spiritual » Hope » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your descendants be.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The cold-hearted philippian jailer becomes a sympathetic friend
And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Eternal life
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The death of Christ
After the same manner also he took the cup, after he had eaten, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do you, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he comes.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the followers of Christ
Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the obedient
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has 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 is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Spiritual » Liberty » The truth the instrumentality
Spiritual » Vision » Afflictions prepare for
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Spiritual » Power » Source of spiritual power
But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he said unto Philip, Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to test him: for he himself knew what he would do.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Watching
You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor becomes paul, the tender-hearted brother
Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Worshipping
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy Christ
And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » The restless demoniac becomes a quiet disciple
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
And they came to Jesus, and saw him that was possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brethren, be not children in understanding: but in malice be children, but in understanding be men.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The thessalonians
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
Spiritual » Power » Enables men to speak with authority
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Spiritual » Power » Accompanies the baptism of the holy spirit
But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Believers called to
God is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant grace
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Spiritual » Perception » The wise man
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one fate happens to them all.
Spiritual » Labourers » Worthy of reward
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. For the scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would take account of his servants. And when he had begun the reckoning, one was brought unto him, who owed him ten thousand talents. But since he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The bankrupt servant
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would take account of his servants. And when he had begun the reckoning, one was brought unto him, who owed him ten thousand talents. But since he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Witnessing
That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant supplies
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Past mercies
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on: Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over all satanic powers
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Spiritual receptivity the condition of
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will eat with him, and he with me.
Spiritual » Crowns » Cast at jesus' feet
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that is sitting on the throne, and worship him that lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Spiritual » Crowns » To be guarded
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
Now therefore you are no more strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The gentiles
That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » All barriers broken down
Now therefore you are no more strangers and sojourners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The gentiles
That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Endurance
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and fit for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Discovered by spiritual vision
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Spiritual » Riches general references to » God's blessing the source of
The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
This charge I commit unto you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which were made concerning you, that you by them might war a good warfare;
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » A fight of faith
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Invisible foes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
This charge I commit unto you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which were made concerning you, that you by them might war a good warfare;
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » A fight of faith
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Invisible foes
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant power
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The delights of God's word
Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the inseparable love of God
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine keeping power
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Instability of faith
That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of the spirit
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of wisdom
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of God
And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be healthy and flourishing;
Spiritual » Talk » Spiritual thoughts expressed in music
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Found in spiritual assemblies
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of righteousness
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Perennial
And by the river upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall its fruit be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because the waters flowed out of the sanctuary: and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for medicine.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Walking
For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Spiritual » Riches general references to » More precious than earthly
Esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he looked for the recompense of the reward.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Unsearchable
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Spiritual » Riches general references to » A paradox
There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Enduring
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Spiritual receptivity
But he that received seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; who also bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » An everlasting name
For thus says the LORD: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual knowledge
And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Spiritual rest
Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A new heart
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy samuel
Spiritual » Light promised » To the just
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the certainty of the divine promises
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
And for this reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge self control; and to self control patience; and to patience godliness;
Spiritual » Perception » Nehemiah
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Spiritual » Perception » David
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
Spiritual » Vision » The holy spirit the author of
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
Spiritual » Vision » Uses the telescope of faith
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Spiritual » Power » Mightier than physical forces
Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
Spiritual » Talk » Christ the topic of
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
Spiritual » Rest » Found in Christ's service
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » Inward righteousness
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God.
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Warring
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant entrance
For so an entrance shall be provided unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The blessings of a spiritual life
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Brings joy in the night season
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips: When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the church of the future
Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obedience, the condition of receiving
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Liberates the soul from all error
Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Spiritual » Vision » Given in answer to prayer
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray you, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Grown only upon good ground
But others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Spiritual » Talk » Concerns the things of God
Spiritual » Talk » The habit of the saints
Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Spiritual » Hope » Believers called to testify concerning
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » An inward battle
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » An inward battle
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The return from captivity
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Love of Christ
Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » All the teachings of the gospel
That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The wonderful works of God
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the benevolent
Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the upright
Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Spiritual » Persuasion » Of the divine ability
Spiritual » Perception » The shunammite woman
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto maturity; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
Because the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Spiritual » Vision » Heart purity essential to
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Spiritual » Hope » The scriptures the source of
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Spiritual » Hope » The saving element in life
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?
Spiritual » Life » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother abides in death.
Spiritual » Rest » Appropriated by faith
For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over malign spiritual forces
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over worldly allurements
For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary magdalene
But Mary stood outside at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher,
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » In the communion of saints
And it came to pass, that, while they discussed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Testimony an aid to
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Warms the heart
And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of life
Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The prodigal son
And when he had spent everything, there arose a great famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The prodigal son
And when he had spent everything, there arose a great famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Death of the old life
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Thomas
Then said Thomas, who is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Peter
He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said unto him, Yea, Lord; you know that I love you. He said unto him, Feed my sheep.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Paul
Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » The holy spirit
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant life
The thief comes not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant joys
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The words of Christ concerning benevolence
I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Is quickened by the holy spirit
But the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Spiritual » Receptivity » Martha received him into her house
Spiritual » Perception » Peter
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Spiritual » Liberty » A new law of life sets free
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Spiritual » Fulness » The overflowing cup
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
Spiritual » Vision » Believers alone possess
Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » The product of heavenly wisdom
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Spiritual » Talk » Tends to religious fervency
And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Spiritual » Rest » Vainly sought in escape from trouble
Spiritual » Hope » Inspires to clean living
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Leaves its impress upon the life
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ordinary men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » John the baptist
And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Returning unto the lord
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » The inheritance of God's elect
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Contact with living water
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Chastening, or pruning
Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » The sinful women
Therefore I say unto you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary of bethany
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Faith and love
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The lord as a deliverer
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto you, into your holy temple.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Paul
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this one is the very Christ.
Spiritual » Perception » The samaritan woman
Spiritual » Perception » Jesus
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, Why reason you in your hearts?
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obtained by acquaintanceship with God
Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Leads to eternal life
And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of justice, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Spiritual » Power » Jesus the supreme example of
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Working
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » New Birth
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
good Tidings » Spiritual
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that says unto Zion, Your God reigns!
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto you, and to show you these glad tidings.
O Zion, that brings good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Watchmen » Spiritual
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence.
Son of man, I have made you a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Way provided » Spiritual
Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; build up, build up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the people.
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
Set up signposts, make yourself landmarks: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
Weapons » Spiritual » Sword of the spirit
And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write; These things says he who has the sharp sword with two edges;
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Weapons » Spiritual » General references to weapons
Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Weapons » Spiritual » Trust in weapons vain
Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Words » Christ's, characteristics of » Spiritual
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Spiritual
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Topics on Spiritual
Abundance, Spiritual
Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
Numbers 20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Adultery, Spiritual
1 John 2:15-17Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Appetite, Spiritual
Isaiah 55:1Ho, everyone that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Armor, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Babies Used As A Spiritual Image
1 Corinthians 3:1-2And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Beauty, Spiritual
Psalm 110:3Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
Betrothal, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Blessings, Spiritual
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Bondage, Spiritual
2 Timothy 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Circumcision, spiritual
Deuteronomy 30:6And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
Crowns, Spiritual Use
Isaiah 62:3You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
David, Spiritual Significance Of
Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
Dividing Spiritual Blessings
Acts 1:17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
drought, spiritual
Psalm 68:6God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
equipping, spiritual
Isaiah 61:1-2The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Escaping, Spiritual Things
Genesis 39:10-12And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
Fruit, Spiritual
James 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good life his works with meekness of wisdom.
Fruitfulness, Spiritual
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not with uncertainty; so fight I, not as one that beats the air:
Gifts From God, Spiritual
John 6:32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
Inheritance, Spiritual
Hebrews 1:2Has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Labor, Spiritual Aspects Of
John 4:38I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor: other men labored, and you are entered into their labors.
Land, Spiritual Aspects Of
Genesis 2:8-9And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Leaders, Spiritual
Hebrews 5:4And no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Light, Spiritual
1 John 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Many Spiritual Beings
Revelation 5:11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Maturity, Spiritual
Ephesians 4:13-15Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
Not Seeing Spiritual Things
Daniel 10:7And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great trembling fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Origins Of Spiritual Life
John 3:6-8That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Predestination, Spiritual Events
Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Purity, Moral And Spiritual
Habakkuk 1:13You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look on iniquity: why do you look upon them that deal treacherously, and hold your tongue when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he?
Rejection Of Spiritual Instruction
2 Chronicles 30:10So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
Rest, Spiritual
Lamentations 5:19-22You, O LORD, remain forever; your throne from generation to generation.
Resurrection, Spiritual
Ephesians 2:1And you has he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins:
Riches, Spiritual
Romans 11:33-36O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Slavery, Spiritual
John 8:33-36They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free?
Sleep, Spiritual
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Spiritual Adoption
Exodus 4:22-23And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Spiritual Allegories
John 10:1-16Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Spiritual Blindness, Consequences Of
Romans 1:20-22For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are without excuse:
Spiritual Blindness, In Unbelievers
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Spiritual Blindness, Removal Of
2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blindness, Results Of Sin
Lamentations 4:14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Spiritual crowns
Isaiah 61:3To provide for 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.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.
Spiritual Dawn
2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Spiritual Deafness
2 Timothy 4:4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths.
Spiritual Death
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual Depths
1 Corinthians 2:10But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Spiritual Desires
Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Spiritual Destitution
Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual Discernment
2 Kings 4:9And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
Spiritual Failure
Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Spiritual Famine,
Amos 8:11-12Behold, the days come, says the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Spiritual Famine, Relief Of
Psalm 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Spiritual Foundations
1 Corinthians 3:11For no other foundation can a man lay than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Fulness
Psalm 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Spiritual Gifts, Diversity Of
1 Corinthians 12:4-6Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
Spiritual Gifts, Given To Church
Ephesians 4:11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Spiritual Gifts, Importance Of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12Even so you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edifying of the church.
Spiritual Gifts, Warnings About
1 Corinthians 14:39Therefore, brethren, be eager to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Spiritual Growth
2 Corinthians 9:10Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Spiritual Harlotry
Hosea 5:4They will not change their deeds to turn unto their God: for the spirit of harlotry is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
Spiritual Ignorance
1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Spiritual Illumination
Daniel 5:14I have even heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
Spiritual Immaturity
1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Spiritual Investment
Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Spiritual life
John 6:63It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Spiritual Life, Described By
Romans 6:11Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spiritual Life, Maintained By
John 6:57As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me.
Spiritual Life, Nature Of
Psalm 36:9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.
Spiritual Malnutrition
1 Corinthians 3:1-3And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: but in malice be children, but in understanding be men.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any terror.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Spiritual Offspring
Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to the promise.
Spiritual Perception
Mark 2:8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned among themselves, he said unto them, Why reason you these things in your hearts?
Spiritual Progress
Job 17:9The righteous also shall hold to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Spiritual Striving
Philippians 1:27Only let your manner of life be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Spiritual Treasures
2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate.
Spiritual Vitality
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.
Spiritual Warfare, Armour
Psalm 28:7-8The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.
Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.
Spiritual Warfare, Causes Of
2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Spiritual Warfare, Enemies In
James 4:4You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Strength, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
That Which Is Spiritual
John 4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Victory, Over Spiritual Forces
Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our weaknesses; but was in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
Wardrobe, Spiritual
Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Weakness, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
