Expert: Quentin Parker - 8/20/2009

Question
I need vereses from the Bible where it tells how to feed the soul and the spirit? Or anything that talks about the soul and the spirit.

Answer
Hi Noel!

Thank-you for your question! Here are a few verses regarding the soul/spirit.

Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 34:22
The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Psalm 62:1
My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.

Psalm 63:1
God, You are my God; I shall seek You [a]earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Proverbs 19:2
Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge,
And he sins who hastens with his feet.

Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.

Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

1 Peter 3:4
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

1 Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Ephesians 4:23, 24
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

I hope you find these helpful!
Quentin Parker