114 Bible Verses about Spiritual
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Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words .
If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts , but rather that ye may prophesy.
From Thematic Bible
Adorning » Spiritual » General references
The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair , Thy neck with strings of jewels.
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Adorning » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
but I say into you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.
He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, arrayed in white garments; and on their heads crowns of gold.
After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
Adorning » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.
Armour » Spiritual » Weapons and armour of the saints
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
But let us, since we 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, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Assurance » Spiritual
For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,
how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.
Beauty » Spiritual
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him: Worship Jehovah in holy array.
And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Boasting » Spiritual
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth 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 life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) read more.
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree; glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. read more.
Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void. For the word 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 the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. read more.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; but unto them that 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 behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: that no flesh should glory before God. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Body » Resurrection of » Spiritual
who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body .
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Spiritual
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life.
Circumcision » Spiritual
in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so 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 not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Clothing » Spiritual » White raiment, the heavenly garment
but I say into you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.
He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, arrayed in white garments; and on their heads crowns of gold.
After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
Clothing » Spiritual » The robe of righteousness, the saint's adorning
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee 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, so that he will not hear.
unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.
Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Darkness » Spiritual
The night is far spent, and 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 thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Deafness » Spiritual
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Dearth » Spiritual
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
death » Spiritual
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
But one passed by, 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
I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Diligence » Spiritual
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Enlightenment » Spiritual
But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who 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, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith 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 man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
Feasts » Of new moons » Spiritual
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.
And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat 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 thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of blessing
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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 may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of the spirit
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, 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 and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Fulness » Spiritual » Fulness of God
and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
Fulness » Spiritual » The overflowing cup
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Christ, the saviour
Jesus answered and said unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Faith
because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Wisdom
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Repentance
And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Grace
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture'saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Christ the chief of
Jesus answered and said unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Rest
and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Faith
because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Are through Christ
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them .
But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Pray for
If ye 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 ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Wisdom
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Glory
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Grace
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture'saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » The holy ghost
If ye 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, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Righteousness
And not as through one that sinned,'so is the gift: for the judgment came of one unto condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses unto justification. For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even 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 you; 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
according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, 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, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth 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 free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Peace
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Repentance
And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God 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 transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Glory » Spiritual » Is given by God
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah 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 thou hast given me I have given unto 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 transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Good » Tidings » Spiritual
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, 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 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy 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 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Healing » Spiritual
Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath 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 not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him , that we may be also glorified with him .
So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
Heritage » Spiritual
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
Hope » Spiritual » Abides forever
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Hope » Spiritual » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Hope » Spiritual » Believers called to testify concerning
but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
Hope » Spiritual » The scriptures the source of
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
Hope » Spiritual » The saving element in life
For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
Hope » Spiritual » Inspires to clean living
Hunger » Spiritual
as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » Spiritual
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them : for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Inheritance » Earthly » Spiritual
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
The law of God » Described as » Spiritual
Life » Spiritual
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to
that he might present the church to himself a glorious church , not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Life » Spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed 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 thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
Life » Spiritual » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence
But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Mind » Spiritual
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.
And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
Nation » Spiritual » The righteous cultivate the spirit of
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
Nation » Spiritual » Rebellion against
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.
and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.
Preparation » Spiritual » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.
Preparation » Spiritual » Cleansing of God's temple
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
Preparation » Spiritual » Personal purification
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
Preparation » Spiritual » Returning unto the lord
And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him .
Reputation » Spiritual
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God: And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him. read more.
By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised: wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead,'so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better country , that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten'son ; even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure 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 goodly 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 share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days. By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace. And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens. Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth. And these all, having had witness borne to them through their 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 ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard. For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware 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 hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works; and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience, he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts. For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.
Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
Sleep » Spiritual » Symbol of death
Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the'sleep of death;
When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused 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 he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, 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 boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.
Wherefore he'saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.
Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, 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 for ever and ever.
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
Spiritual » Blindness » Examples of
We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.
And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight 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 asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Destitution of the truth
wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Of God
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and'such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Jehovah appeared of old unto me,'saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth 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. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus.
Spiritual » Quickening » General references to spiritual quickening
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
Spiritual » Poverty » Destitution of the truth
wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.
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 go out, and shall find pasture.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Enlightenment, spiritual
But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who 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, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith 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 man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Enlightenment
But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who 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, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith 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 man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heritage
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » To God encouraged
Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah 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.
And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Exhortations to those engaged in
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; 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, with the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
Spiritual » Foundation » General references to
Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -'stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him , that we may be also glorified with him .
So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
Spiritual » Of God's word sins of » Imitation
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them : for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Healing of spiritual disease
Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath 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 into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Spiritual » Light » God a light
Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Spiritual » Light » Reflected from believers
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
For ye were once darkness, but are now 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 her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his 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 thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
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 great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.
And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by , who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.
Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy 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 hence.
Spiritual » Resurrection » Man, raised from spiritual death
And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say , did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places , in Christ Jesus:
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what'shall the receiving of them be , but life from the dead?
Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
Spiritual » Renewal » Man, strengthened and renewed by the holy spirit
Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto 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 fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Spiritual » Crowns » Darkness
The night is far spent, and 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 thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adorning
The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair , Thy neck with strings of jewels.
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Spiritual » Transformation characters transformed by conversion » Treasures
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Spiritual » Of children encouraged » Investments
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
Spiritual » Cleansing » Composure
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,
But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
But even if ye should suffer for righteousness'sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Blessed is the man that heareth 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 was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Preaching of
To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
But he said unto them, I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent.
Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve,
Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you and be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
For all the peoples walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and ever.
And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his'soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.
Spiritual » Battles » Beauty
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?
And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
that he might present the church 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 the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Spiritual » Crowns » Debtors
I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
Hereby know we love, 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
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.
Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting 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 proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Moses' fellowship with God
and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and Jehovah'spake with Moses.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Body
who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body .
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as'servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.
Wherefore he'saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.
Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, 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, and 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 its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
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 saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Spiritual » Crowns » Dawn
The night is far spent, and 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 its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Shining faces, general references to
and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing 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 nigh him.
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Drought
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
Spiritual » Kingdom » General references to
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and 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 hence.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, 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 transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
Spiritual » Power » Fills life with healing influences
how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out.
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Sanity
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion: and they were afraid.
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
Spiritual » Feasts » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.
And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat 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 goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him .
Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
Spiritual » Future rest of the saints restoration » Spiritual, of the penitent
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt 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 thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast,'saying , It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Circumcision
in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so 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 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.
withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us,'see that ye abound in this grace also.
And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
Spiritual » Traffic » Exhortations to men to engage in
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye 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 thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
Spiritual » Enlargement » failure
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Discernment
Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
Spiritual » Hearing » Highway
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
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 is shall be for the redeemed : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein .
Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye 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 keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Spiritual » Adoption » Attraction
Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.
Jehovah appeared of old unto me,'saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Pride
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.
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 ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
But let us, since we 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, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
in the word of truth, in 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 according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who 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 Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Spiritual » Renewal » Reputation
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God: And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him. read more.
By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised: wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead,'so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better country , that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten'son ; even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure 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 goodly 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 share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days. By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with them that were disobedient, having received the spies with peace. And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens. Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth. And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
Spiritual » Light » General references to
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ. And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.
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 , that we may be also glorified with him .
And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even 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 , that we may be also glorified with him .
And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
Spiritual » Receptivity » General references to
They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.
And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
Spiritual » Hope » Abides forever
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Watchmen
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them : for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
And 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 have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Near at hand
From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.
Spiritual » Mind » Mind of Christ
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
Spiritual » Mind » Spiritual mind
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;
And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Demands entire consecration
No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;
And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Fidelity
For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
But ye are they that have continued with me in my temptations; and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,
Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Spiritual » Enlargement » Exercise
Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.
For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through 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 also do toward you;
for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
Spiritual » Immaturity » Inability to receive strong doctrine
Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it : nay, not even now are ye able;
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.
But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
Spiritual » Talk » Used in everyday life
and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah 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 the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:
and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Spiritual » Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily 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 had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » A spiritual crown
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Without defect
being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Abandonment of idols
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thy heart to seek God.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Endurance
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Growth
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of 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 partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe. read more.
But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the teaching 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 permit. read more.
For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, and then fell away, it is impossible 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 land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; 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 the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister. And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Into Christ
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest. He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.
Spiritual » Labourers » Prayer for the increase of
And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of
For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed 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 not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth 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 thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Sympathetic service
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye 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 is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I.
Spiritual » Rest » Lost by stubbornness
to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Humility
Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness'sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Dedication of God's house
And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women 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 Jehovah had made them joyful, and had 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 by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of 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, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of blessing
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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 anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he 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, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one 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 every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this , they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Obedience secures the benefits of
But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of joy
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
Spiritual » Rest » True response found in God
And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Spiritual » Rest » The divine presence gives
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over evil influences of men
Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah 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 unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.
Spiritual » Hope » Enabled abraham to become the father of the faithful
and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed 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, cast 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, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The death of Christ
In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink it , in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the followers of Christ
Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
He that loveth his brother abideth 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.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Spiritual » Liberty » The mission of Christ to proclaim
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, 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 anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release 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 ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Watching
for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, 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 do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Worshipping
it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah,'saying , For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The boy Christ
And the child grew, and waxed strong, 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, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion: and they were afraid.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » The thessalonians
We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
Spiritual » Power » Enables men to speak with authority
And with great power gave the apostles their 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 went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Spiritual weapons
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
Spiritual » Encouraged » In fruitfulness
And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
Spiritual » Power » Accompanies the baptism of the holy spirit
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Believers called to
God is faithful, through whom ye were called into 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 unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:
Spiritual » Perception » The wise man
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
Spiritual » Labourers » Worthy of reward
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 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 make a reckoning with his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith 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 make a reckoning with his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith 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 ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant supplies
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Past mercies
Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with 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 come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God.
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Spiritual receptivity the condition of
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Spiritual » Crowns » Cast at jesus' feet
the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Spiritual » Crowns » To be guarded
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The laodicean church
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one 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
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The gentiles
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the 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
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The gentiles
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Spiritual » Kings spiritual kingship, conditions of » Endurance
if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
Spiritual » Preparation steps required in » Personal purification
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Discovered by spiritual vision
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what 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 Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » A fight of faith
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » Invisible foes
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Young soldiers enlisted
This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » A fight of faith
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Invisible foes
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the 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 worketh in us,
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The delights of God's word
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, 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 things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, 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 which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Instability of faith
that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of the spirit
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, 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 and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Spiritual » Fulness » Fulness of God
and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:
Spiritual » Talk » Spiritual thoughts expressed in music
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with 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 the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Perennial
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
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 jailor to keep them safely: who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Walking
For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
Spiritual » Riches general references to » More precious than earthly
accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Unsearchable
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Spiritual » Riches general references to » A paradox
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Enduring
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Spiritual receptivity
And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » An everlasting name
For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant: Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial 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 Jehovah: 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 ye 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 you; 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
And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the just
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth 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 and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Formation
Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; and in your knowledge self-control; and in your'self-control patience; and in your patience godliness;
Spiritual » Perception » Nehemiah
And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Spiritual » Perception » David
And David perceived that Jehovah 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 take of mine, and shall declare it unto you. All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare 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 spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Spiritual » Talk » Christ the topic of
And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem. And they communed with each other 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 ye 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, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Spiritual necessities emphasized by Christ » A childlike spirit
and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » Inhabitants of jerusalem
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Brotherhood of, recognized by Christ
For both he that sanctifieth and they that 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
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Warring
The night is far spent, and 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 thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » The blessings of a spiritual life
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern 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 thee with joyful lips; When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the church of the future
Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In grace and knowledge
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obedience, the condition of receiving
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Liberates the soul from all error
Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Spiritual » Vision » Given in answer to prayer
And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah 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
and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Spiritual » Talk » Concerns the things of God
Spiritual » Talk » The habit of the saints
Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
Spiritual » Hope » Believers called to testify concerning
but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
Spiritual » Conflict characteristics of » An inward battle
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » An inward battle
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under 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, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Love of Christ
whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » All the teachings of the gospel
that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The wonderful works of God
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the benevolent
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.
Spiritual » Light promised » To the upright
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, 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, that passeth by us continually.
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Spiritual » Encouraged » Unto perfection
Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a 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 dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
Spiritual » Liberty » The bondage of sin broken
that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory 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 whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
Spiritual » Hope » The saving element in life
For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
Spiritual » Life » Love the demonstration of
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
Spiritual » Rest » Appropriated by faith
For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware 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 have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.
Spiritual » Victory promises of ultimate triumph » Over worldly allurements
For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary magdalene
But Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » In the communion of saints
And it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that 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 also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and 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, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?
Spiritual » Crowns » The crown of life
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.
Spiritual » Moral Brankruptcy » The prodigal son
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Spiritual » Examples of moral and spiritual bankruptcy » The prodigal son
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; 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 fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Thomas
Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Peter
He saith to him again a second time, Simon,'son of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Paul
Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking 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 ye 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 cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Spiritual » Abundance, of God's gifts » Abundant joys
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » The words of Christ concerning benevolence
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Spiritual » Memory calls to mind » Is quickened by the holy spirit
But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
Spiritual » Receptivity » Martha received him into her house
Spiritual » Perception » Peter
And 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 made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Spiritual » Fulness » The overflowing cup
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
Spiritual » Vision » Believers alone possess
Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye 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, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
Spiritual » Talk » Tends to religious fervency
And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, 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 beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » John the baptist
And the child grew, and waxed 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 his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him .
Spiritual » Riches general references to » The inheritance of God's elect
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he 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 streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Chastening, or pruning
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » The sinful women
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Mary of bethany
Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, 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; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » Perseverance
But 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 Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Paul
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
Spiritual » Perception » The samaritan woman
Spiritual » Perception » Jesus
But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
Spiritual » Knowledge » Obtained by acquaintanceship with God
And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Spiritual » Knowledge » Leads to eternal life
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
Spiritual » Power » Gives men courage to rebuke sin
But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, 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 a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.
Spiritual » Believers' duties performed in the light » Working
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Spiritual » Conditions of entrance into » New Birth
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
good Tidings » Spiritual
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, 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 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy 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 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Watchmen » Spiritual
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them : for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
And 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 ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
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 is shall be for the redeemed : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein .
Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye 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 keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Weapons » Spiritual » Sword of the spirit
And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
and to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:
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 active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern 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 smite 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, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting 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 proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Weapons » Spiritual » Trust in weapons vain
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah 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 giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life.
Words of Christ » Characteristics of » Spiritual
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life.
Topics on Spiritual
Abundance, Spiritual
Exodus 34:6And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
Numbers 20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you forth 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 love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Appetite, Spiritual
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, 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 ye 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, as unto babes in Christ.
Beauty, Spiritual
Psalm 110:3Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Betrothal, Spiritual
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Birth, Spiritual
John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, 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 believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Bondage, Spiritual
2 Timothy 2:26and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
Circumcision, spiritual
Deuteronomy 30:6And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Crowns, Spiritual Use
Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
David, Spiritual Significance Of
Acts 2:29Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
Dividing Spiritual Blessings
Acts 1:17For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.
drought, spiritual
Psalm 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
equipping, spiritual
Isaiah 61:1-2The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, 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 spake 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 wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
Fruitfulness, Spiritual
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Games, Spiritual
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
Gifts From God, Spiritual
John 6:32Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.
Inheritance, Spiritual
Hebrews 1:2hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his'son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
Labor, Spiritual Aspects Of
John 4:38I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.
Land, Spiritual Aspects Of
Genesis 2:8-9And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Leaders, Spiritual
Hebrews 5:4And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.
Light, Spiritual
1 John 1:5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Many Spiritual Beings
Revelation 5:11And I saw, and I heard a 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 attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness 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 quaking fell upon them, and 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 thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Purity, Moral And Spiritual
Habakkuk 1:13Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
Rejection Of Spiritual Instruction
2 Chronicles 30:10So the posts 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 5:19-22Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
Resurrection, Spiritual
Ephesians 2:1And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
Riches, Spiritual
Romans 11:33-36O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Slavery, Spiritual
John 8:33-36They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Sleep, Spiritual
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Spiritual Adoption
Exodus 4:22-23And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
Spiritual Allegories
John 10:1-16Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth 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 since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be 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 4:6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who 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 wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
Spiritual crowns
Isaiah 61:3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Spiritual Darkness
John 11:10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.
Spiritual Dawn
2 Peter 1:19And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
Spiritual Deafness
2 Timothy 4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
Spiritual Death
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Spiritual Depths
1 Corinthians 2:10But unto us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Spiritual Desires
Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world 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, that passeth by us continually.
Spiritual Failure
Matthew 7:27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Spiritual Famine,
Amos 8:11-12Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.
Spiritual Famine, Relief Of
Psalm 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good.
Spiritual Fathers
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.
Spiritual Foundations
1 Corinthians 3:11For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Fulness
Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth 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 to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Spiritual Gifts, Importance Of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
Spiritual Gifts, Purpose Of
1 Corinthians 14:12So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts , seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.
Spiritual Gifts, Warnings About
1 Corinthians 14:39Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Spiritual Growth
2 Corinthians 9:10And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
Spiritual Harlotry
Hosea 5:4Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.
Spiritual Hunger
1 Peter 2:2as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
Spiritual Ignorance
1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Spiritual Illumination
Daniel 5:14I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee.
Spiritual Immaturity
1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.
Spiritual Investment
Matthew 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Spiritual life
John 6:63It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life.
Spiritual Life, Described By
Romans 6:11Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
Spiritual Life, Maintained By
John 6:57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
Spiritual Life, Nature Of
Psalm 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy 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, as unto babes in Christ.
Spiritual Maturity
1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
Spiritual Offspring
Galatians 3:29And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
Spiritual Perception
Mark 2:8And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Spiritual Progress
Job 17:9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
Spiritual Striving
Philippians 1:27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you and be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
Spiritual Treasures
2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
Spiritual Understanding
Hebrews 13:12-13Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Spiritual Vitality
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .
Spiritual Warfare, Armour
Psalm 28:7-8Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
Spiritual Warfare, As Conflict
Ephesians 6:12For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .
Spiritual Warfare, Causes Of
2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Spiritual Warfare, Enemies In
James 4:4Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Strength, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
That Which Is Spiritual
John 4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
Victory, Over Spiritual Forces
Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Wardrobe, Spiritual
Romans 13:12The night is far spent, and 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 12:10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
