Bible Verses About Spiritual Ascent

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;