Hebrews 12:9
"Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?"
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- Numbers 16:22
"And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?"
Read in chapter → - Numbers 27:16
"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 42:5
"Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:"
Read in chapter → - John 3:6
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
Read in chapter → - Job 12:10
"In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind."
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 12:1
"The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 20:12
"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 38:16
"O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live."
Read in chapter → - James 4:7
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 57:16
"For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made."
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