'Soul' in the Bible

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.

He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name.

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory.

Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.

Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.

My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.

My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.

Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.

Heshbon is crying out, and Elealeh; their voice is sounding even to Jahaz: for this cause the heart of Moab is shaking; his soul is shaking with fear.

We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.

I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;