Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.
He said to him, “About the heart and the liver: If a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone, we must burn those and make smoke of them before the man or the woman, and the affliction will flee.
Let all your creation serve you; for you spoke, and they were made. You sent out your spirit, and it built them. There is no one who can resist your voice.
For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit. And will start away from thoughts that are without understanding, And will be put to confusion when unrighteousness has come in.
For wisdom is a spirit that loves man, And she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips; Because God bears witness of his reins, And is a true overseer of his heart, And a hearer of his tongue:
Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, And that which holds all things together has knowledge of every voice.
Which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes, And the spirit will be dispersed as thin air;
And in the time of their visitation they will shine forth, And as sparks among stubble they will run to and fro.
But what wisdom is, and how she came into being, I will declare, And I will not hide mysteries from you; But I will trace her out from the beginning of creation, And bring the knowledge of her into clear light, And I will not pass by the truth;
For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and there came to me a spirit of wisdom.
For she that is the architect of all things taught me, even wisdom. For there is in her a spirit quick of understanding, holy, Alone in kind, manifold, Subtil, freely moving, Clear in utterance, unpolluted, Distinct, unharmed, Loving what is good, keen, unhindered,
Beneficent, loving toward man, Stedfast, sure, free from care, All-powerful, all-surveying, And penetrating through all spirits That are quick of understanding, pure, most subtle:
For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; Yes, she pervadeth and penetrateth all things by reason of her pureness.
And she, being one, has power to do all things; And remaining in herself, reneweth all things: And from generation to generation passing into holy souls She makes men friends of God and prophets.
And who ever gained knowledge of your counsel, except you gave wisdom, And sent your holy spirit from on high?
For your incorruptible spirit is in all things.
Because he was ignorant of him that moulded him, And of him that inspired into him an active soul, And breathed into him a vital spirit.
But though a man may kill by his wickedness, Yet the spirit that is gone forth he turns not again, Neither gives release to the soul that Hades has received.
The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood; And his counsel as a fountain of life.
I lived in high places, And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
If they be not sent from the Most High in your visitation, Give not your heart to them.
The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; For their hope is upon him that saves them.
Fill Sion; exalt your oracles, And fill your people with your glory.
When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; And be comforted for him, when his spirit departs from him.
If the great Lord will, He shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: He shall pour forth the words of his wisdom, And in prayer give thanks to the Lord.
Elijah it was, who was wrapped in a tempest: And Elisha was filled with his spirit; And in all his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, And no one brought him into subjection.
He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last; And he comforted those who mourned in Sion.
It was Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory, Which God showed him upon the chariot of the cherubim.
O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish, the troubled spirit, cries to you.
Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted;
O all you⌃ winds, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
O you⌃ spirits and souls of the righteous, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
And the spirit of the people revived, as soon as they heard these words.
I know not how you⌃ came into my womb, neither was it I that bestowed on you your spirit and your life, and it was not I that brought into order the first elements of each one of you.
Therefore the Creator of the world, who fashioned the generation of man and devised the generation of all things, in mercy gives back to you again both your spirit and your life, as you⌃ now contemn your own selves for his laws’ sake.
thereupon he saw a man appear, of venerable age and exceeding glory, and wonderful and most majestic was the dignity around him:
Then the chief of the families of Judah and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up; the priests also, and the Levites, and all they whose spirit the Lord had stirred to go up, to build the house for the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
The king, receiving him, was astonished at his unwonted exit; and, overwhelmed with a spirit of oblivion about everything, enquired the object of this earnest preparation.
I take to witness the grace of the people that shall come, whose little ones rejoice with gladness: and though they see me not with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they shall believe the thing that I say.
And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the Most High, and said,
and it gave you Adam, a body without a soul? yet it was the workmanship of your hands, and you did breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before you.
Then I awaked, and an extreme trembling went through my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
and my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began to speak words before the Most High again,
So he answered and said to me, Stand up upon your feet, and you shall hear a mighty sounding voice;
And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spoke, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.
And then was the spirit hovering, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet.
Upon the second day again you made the spirit of the firmament and commanded it to part asunder, and to make a division between the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.
For concerning death the teaching is: When the determinate sentence has gone forth from the Most High that a man should die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, it adores the glory of the Most High first of all.
And, behold, there came a voice to it, and said,
And I saw, and, behold, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burned, so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I by reason of great ecstasy of mind, and from great fear, and said to my spirit,
Behold, I am yet weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; nor is there the least strength in me, for the great fear wherewith I was affrighted this night.
And whereas you saw two under wings passing over to the head that is on the right side,
And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush near me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.
And it came to pass on the morrow that, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open your mouth, and drink that I give you to drink.
Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, there was reached to me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the color of it was like fire.
And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory:
yes, the spirit of God Almighty. He who made all things, and searcheth out hidden things in hidden places,
By the spirit of reasoning, and the reasoning of Isaac, he rendered powerless the many-headed instrument.
But sympathy with her children did not turn away the mother of the young men, who had a spirit kindred with that of Abraham.
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
—because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ 1:17 Malachi 4:6 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,












