Your soul

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• Matthew 10:28

  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.

• Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

• Ezekiel 18:4

  Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

• Genesis 2:7

  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.

• Matthew 22:37

  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

• Matthew 16:26

  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?

• 3 John 1:2

  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

• Mark 8:36

  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

• Ezekiel 18:20

  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.

• Psalms 23:3

  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

• Luke 16:19–31

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. …

• Revelation 6:9

  And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

• Psalms 3:2

  Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

• 1 Corinthians 15:51–58

  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. …

• Psalms 103:1

  A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

• Romans 6:23

  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

• Romans 2:6–8

  Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

• Psalms 23:1–6

  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. …

• Psalms 19:7

  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

• Revelation 6:9–11

  And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

• Psalms 62:1

  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

• Psalms 130:5

  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

• Jeremiah 29:13

  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

• 2 Corinthians 4:16

  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

• Proverbs 16:24

  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Psalms 42:11

  Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

• Ecclesiastes 9:5

  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.

• 2 Corinthians 5:6–8

  Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

• Jeremiah 6:16

  Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

• Psalms 71:23

  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

• Joshua 22:5

  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 and with all your soul.

• Psalms 63:1

  A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

• Joshua 23:14

  And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

• Deuteronomy 4:29

  But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

• Psalms 120:2

  Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:23

  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• 2 Timothy 1:7

  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

• John 3:16–17

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

• Psalms 139:13–14

  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.