In a previous post it was mentioned that the Spirit is not mentioned often in the Old Testament. I decided this afternoon to do a word search. Over 74 scriptures mentioning the Spirit. What is more surprising is what is said about Him. Old Testament Scriptures Mentioning the Spirit (from the ASV) 1. Gen 1:2 - And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 2. Exo 31:3 - and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 3. Exo 35:31 - And he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 4. Num 11:17 - And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 5. Num 11:25 - And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. 6. Num 11:26 - But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. 7. Num 11:29 - And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake?would that all Jehovahs people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them! 8. Num 24:2 - And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 9. Num 27:18 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thy hand upon him; 10. Jdg 3:10 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim. 11. Jdg 6:34 - But the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him. 12. Jdg 11:29 - Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 13. Jdg 13:25 - And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. 14. Jdg 14:6 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 15. Jdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his fathers house. 16. Jdg 15:14 - When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands. 17. 1Sa 10:6 - and the Spirit of Jehovah will come mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 18. 1Sa 10:10 - And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them. 19. 1Sa 11:6 - And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly. 20. 1Sa 16:13 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 21. 1Sa 16:14 - Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil Spirit from Jehovah troubled him. 22. 1Sa 19:20 - And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 23. 1Sa 19:23 - And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24. 2Sa 23:2 - The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue. 25. 1Ki 18:12 - And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth. 26. 1Ki 22:24 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee? 27. 2Ki 2:16 - And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 28. 1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. 29. 1Ch 28:12 - and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things; 30. 2Ch 15:1 - And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 31. 2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee? 32. 2Ch 20:14 - Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly; 33. 2Ch 24:20 - And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you. 34. Neh 9:20 - Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 35. Neh 9:30 - Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spiritthrough thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 36. Job 26:13 - By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent. 37. Job 33:4 - The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life. 38. Psa 104:30 - Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground. 39. Psa 139:7 - Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 40. Psa 143:10 - Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness. 41. Isa 11:2 - And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. 42. Isa 30:1 - Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 43. Isa 32:15 - until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest. 44. Isa 34:16 - Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them. 45. Isa 40:13 - Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 46. Isa 42:1 - Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 47. Isa 44:3 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 48. Isa 48:16 - Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit. 49. Isa 59:21 - And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever. 50. Isa 61:1 - 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; 51. Isa 63:10 - But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them. 52. Isa 63:11 - Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spiritin the midst of them? 53. Isa 63:14 - As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. 54. Eze 2:2 - And the Spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spake unto me. 55. Eze 3:12 - Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place. 56. Eze 3:14 - So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. 57. Eze 3:24 - Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house. 58. Eze 8:3 - And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 59. Eze 11:1 - Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovahs house, which looketh eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 60. Eze 11:5 - And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 61. Eze 11:24 - And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 62. Eze 36:27 - And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them. 63. Eze 37:1 - The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 64. Eze 37:14 - And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, saith Jehovah. 65. Eze 39:29 - neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah. 66. Eze 43:5 - And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house. 67. Joe 2:28 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 68. Joe 2:29 - and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out mySpirit. 69. Mic 2:7 - Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 70. Mic 3:8 - 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. 71. Hag 2:5 - according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not. 72. Zec 4:6 - 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. 73. Zec 7:12 - Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. 74. Mal 2:15 - And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:48:28 +0000