Topic
Spirituality
20 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 6:5Nave Defined as love and devotion to God
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- Joshua 22:5Nave Defined as love and devotion to God
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart…
- 1 Kings 8:23Nave Defined as love and devotion to God
And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
- Psalms 1:2Nave Defined as love and devotion to God
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- Psalms 51:6Nave Defined as love and devotion to God
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Isaiah 26:3Nave Brings peace
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Jeremiah 33:6Nave Brings peace
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Matthew 5:6Nave Engenders thirst for heavenly blessings
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
- Luke 10:42Nave Described as the great and enduring good
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- John 6:27Nave Engenders thirst for heavenly blessings
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 14:16Nave Is produced by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- John 14:17Nave Is produced by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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- Romans 5:5 ISBE
- Romans 8:4 Nave Is produced by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
- Romans 8:6 Nave Brings peace
- Romans 14:17 Nave Brings peace
- 1 Corinthians 2:12 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 7:29–31 Nave Brings indifference to worldly good
- Colossians 3:1–3 Nave Brings indifference to worldly good
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
spir-it-u-al'-i-ti: The state of being spiritual in the higher use of the word. It is purely a religious term and signifies the state of a soul vitalized by the Divine Spirit and made alive unto God. It covers the entire range of man's faculties: intellect, feeling, will--all the attributes of personality.
1. Intellect:
The intellectual can be divorced from the spiritual, but the spiritual can never be divorced from the intellectual. If a man is spiritual, his intellect is touched with the divine life and comes under the power of the divine baptism. One word describes this mental quickening and illumination--"vision." "The pure in heart shall see God." Paul affirms (1Co 2:12,13) that the Spirit of God operates directly on the mental faculties, adjusting reason and intellect to the divine reason, and enabling man to think God's thoughts and discern His purposes, nature and will. The common use of the word "spirituality" limits it mistakenly to religious experience, narrowly interpreted, but as spirituality brings the intellect into harmony with the divine reason in every realm of mental action, it may be as manifest in science, art, philosophy, commerce and law as in religion.
2. Affections:
The feelings and emotions are fertile soil for the spiritual life. Love is the beginning and end of true religion. Spirituality in the realm of the affections is that state of soul in which the heart with its holiest love is centered on God as revealed in Christ. The specific and supreme work of the Holy Spirit is to shed abroad God's love in the heart (Ro 5:5). Spirituality sets the affections on things above and brings the entire emotional nature under the regulating and redeeming sway of the Holy Spirit.
3. Will:
A spiritually-minded man is one whose will is set on God as well as his intellect and affections. In every fiber of his moral being, and in all the activities of his soul, he is under the guidance and dominion of the Holy Spirit. The affections present motives, the intellect estimates their worthiness, the will decides upon the course of action. When this trinity of mental operation--necessary to normal manhood--is under the sway of the Divine Spirit, man possesses spirituality, a state in which all the faculties of the soul are voluntarily and joyfully under the dominion and guidance of Christ's indwelling Spirit. When intellect, heart and will focus their energies reverently and affectionately upon Him, love--a passionate, ever-present, everdominant love--is the result. This is the triune sphere of the Holy Spirit's indwelling and activity, and the character of such a God-centered and Spirit-filled life is described by the exalted word "spirituality."
Dwight M. Pratt
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 17 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Described as the great and enduring good Lu 10:42
- → Defined as love and devotion to God De 6:5; Jos 22:5; 1Ki 8:23; Ps 1:2; 51:6
- → Brings peace Isa 26:3; Jer 33:6; Ro 8:6; 14:17
- → Brings indifference to worldly good 1Co 7:29-31; Col 3:1-3
- → Engenders thirst for heavenly blessings Mt 5:6; Joh 6:27
- → Is produced by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit Joh 14:16,17; Ro 8:4
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.