And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.
And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.
If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.
And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.
Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.
But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.
And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.
Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.
And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.
And moved by the spirit, he said, These are the words of Balaam, son of Beor, the words of the man whose eyes are open:
And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:
Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.
And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;
Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. So be it.
But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.
For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:
If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?
When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
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