'Spirits' in the Bible
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You vent Your wrath on the whole community?”
“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community
After Boaz ate, drank, and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the pile of barley. Then she went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
That day Haman left full of joy and in good spirits. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the King’s Gate, and Mordecai didn’t rise or tremble in fear at his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
The departed spirits tremblebeneath the waters and all that inhabit them.
Do You work wonders for the dead?Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah
They were hungry and thirsty;their spirits failed within them.
He broke their spirits with hard labor;they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
for her house sinks down to deathand her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
The man who strays from the way of wisdomwill come to restin the assembly of the departed spirits.
When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Sheol below is eager to greet your coming.He stirs up the spirits of the departed for you—all the rulers of the earth.He makes all the kings of the nationsrise from their thrones.
Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,and I will frustrate its plans.Then they will seek idols, ghosts,spirits of the dead, and spiritists.
The dead do not live;departed spirits do not rise up.Indeed, You have visited and destroyed them;You have wiped out all memory of them.
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise.Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!For you will be covered with the morning dew,and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.