Holy Spirit

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:19,20Genesis 1:2Genesis 6:3Genesis 41:38Exodus 31:3Exodus 35:31Numbers 27:18Nehemiah 9:20Job 16:19Job 32:8Job 33:4Psalms 51:11Psalms 51:12Psalms 103:9Psalms 139:7Isaiah 4:4Isaiah 6:8Isaiah 11:2Isaiah 28:6Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 32:15
• See Inspiration
• See Word of God, Inspiration of
• INSPIRATION OF
• INSTANCES OF
• JosephGenesis 41:38
• BezaleelExodus 31:3Exodus 35:31
• The seventy eldersNumbers 11:17
• BalaamNumbers 24:2
• JoshuaNumbers 27:18
• The Judges
• OthnielJudges 3:10

The passages, in Bible order (270)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 1:2

   Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 1:22 voices

   “THIS is, no doubt, a literal and accurate account of God's first day's work in the creation of the world, but the first creation is not the subject of this morning's discourse—we would rather direct your minds to the second creation of God. Every man who is saved by Divine Grace is a new creation. The great work which Jesus Christ is accomplishing in the world, by the Holy Spirit through the Word, is the making all things new. We believe the old creation to have been typical of the new and we shall so use it.

   “The earth was without form and void - The original term תהו tohu and בהו bohu, which we translate without form and void, are of uncertain etymology; but in this place, and wherever else they are used, they convey the idea of confusion and disorder. From these terms it is probable that the ancient Syrians and Egyptians borrowed their gods, Theuth and Bau, and the Greeks their Chaos.

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2. Genesis 6:3

   So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:32 voices

   “My spirit shall not always strive - It is only by the influence of the Spirit of God that the carnal mind can be subdued and destroyed; but those who wilfully resist and grieve that Spirit must be ultimately left to the hardness and blindness of their own hearts, if they do not repent and turn to God. God delights in mercy, and therefore a gracious warning is given.

   “And for a very long while wickedness extended and spread, and reached and laid hold upon the whole race of mankind, until a very small seed of righteousness remained among them: and illicit unions took place upon the earth, since angels were united with the daughters of the race of mankind; and they bore to them sons who for their exceeding greatness were called giants.

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3. Genesis 19:13

   because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

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4. Genesis 19:24

   Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 19:241 voice

   “The Lord rained - brimstone and fire from the Lord - As all judgment is committed to the Son of God, many of the primitive fathers and several modern divines have supposed that the words ויהוה vaihovah and מאת יהוה meeth Yehovah imply, Jehovah the Son raining brimstone and fire from Jehovah the Father; and that this place affords no mean proof of the proper Divinity of our blessed Redeemer. It may be so; but though the point is sufficiently established elsewhere, it does not appear to me to be plainly indicated here.

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5. Genesis 19:25

   Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 19:252 voices

   "The plain which is now covered by the Salt or Dead Sea shows in the great difference of level between the bottoms of the northern and southern ends of the lake--the latter being thirteen feet and the former thirteen hundred--that the southern end was of recent formation, and submerged at the time of the fall of the cities" [LYNCH].

   “And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain - This forms what is called the lake Asphaltites, Dead Sea, or Salt Sea, which, according to the most authentic accounts, is about seventy miles in length, and eighteen in breadth. The most strange and incredible tales are told by many of the ancients, and by many of the moderns, concerning the place where these cities stood.

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6. Genesis 41:38

   So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 41:381 voice

   “In whom the Spirit of God is? - רוח אלהים ruach Elohim, the identical words used Gen 1:2; and certainly to be understood here as in the preceding place. If the Egyptians were idolaters, they acknowledged Joseph’s God; and it is not to be supposed that they only became acquainted with him on this occasion.

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7. Exodus 31:3

   And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

   ›Commentary on Exodus 31:32 voices

   “I have filled him with the spirit of God--It is probable that he was naturally endowed with a mechanical genius, and had acquired in Egypt great knowledge and skill in the useful, as well as liberal, arts so as to be a first-class artisan, competent to take charge of both the plain and ornamental work, which the building of the sacred edifice required.

   “I have filled him with the spirit of God - See Clarke’s note on Exo 28:3. In wisdom - חכמה, chochmah, from חכם chacham, to be wise, skillful, or prudent, denoting the compass of mind and strength of capacity necessary to form a wise man: hence our word wisdom, the power of judging what is wise or best to be done; from the Saxon, to teach, to advise, and to judge; hence the doom or judgment of the well taught, wise, or prudent man.

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8. Exodus 35:31

   And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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9. Numbers 11:17

   And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 11:171 voice

   “I will take of the spirit which is upon thee - From this place Origen and Theodoret take occasion to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were lighted, without losing any of its brightness. To convince Moses that God had sufficiently qualified him for the work which he had given him to do, he tells him that of the gifts and graces which he has given him he will qualify seventy persons to bear the charge with him. This was probably intended as a gracious reproof. Query.

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10. Numbers 14:26–45

    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

    ›Commentary on Numbers 14:26–451 voice

    “It is not made worse than really it was, but is shown to be exceedingly sinful. It was an evil congregation, each bad, but altogether in congregation, very bad. They tempted God--tempted his power, whether he could help them in their straits--his goodness, whether he would--and his faithfulness, whether his promise would be performed.

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11. Numbers 24:2

    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

    ›Commentary on Numbers 24:21 voice

    “It is said, then, that the Spirit of God was upon him, not as if it had begun to inspire him at that particular moment when he cast his eyes upon the camp of Israel; but because it prompted him to look in that direction, in order that the impulse of prophecy might be stronger in him, as respecting a thing actually before his eyes.

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12. Numbers 27:18

    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 27:182 voices

    “In whom is the spirit - This must certainly mean the Spirit of God; and because he was endued with this Spirit, therefore he was capable of leading the people. How miserably qualified is that man for the work of God who is not guided and influenced by the Holy Ghost! God never chooses a man to accomplish his designs but that one whom he himself has qualified for the work.

    “This was done in token of Moses' transferring the government to him, as the laying of hands on the sacrifice put the offering in the place and stead of the offerer; also in token of God's conferring the blessing of the Spirit upon him, which Moses obtained by prayer. It is said ( Deut. xxxiv. 9 ), Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him.

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13. Deuteronomy 1:42

    But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”

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14. Deuteronomy 28:15–68

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15–682 voices

    “But . . . if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.

    “The curses correspond in form and number Deu 28:15-19 to the blessings Deu 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deut. 28:20-68. Deu 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deu 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the original is used Deu 7:23; 1Sa 14:20 for the panic and disorder with which the curse of God smites His foes.

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15. Deuteronomy 31:17

    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 31:171 voice

    Then my anger shall be kindled, . . . and I will hide my face from them--an announcement of the withdrawal of the divine favor and protection of which the Shekinah was the symbol and pledge. It never appeared in the second temple; and its non-appearance was a prelude of "all the evils that came upon them, because their God was not among them."

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16. Deuteronomy 31:18

    And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

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