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Bible Verses About souls

This collection includes 50 passages about souls. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

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All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

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For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

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For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

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But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

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Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

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But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

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What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

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But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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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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And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

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For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

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Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

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For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

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And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

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Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

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And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

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