(1) The life of wisdom.

Bezaleel was filled with the spirit of wisdom, of understanding and of knowledge. Exod. xxxi 3.

Thou shalt speak to all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Exod. xxviii 3.

Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom. Deut. xxxiv 9.

Nebuchadnezzar said of Daniel, that an excellent spirit of knowledge, understanding and wisdom was in him. Dan. iv 8; [v 11, 12, 14.]

They also that erred in spirit shall know understanding. Isa. xxix 24.

[2] (2) A stimulation of life.

Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media. Jer. li 11.

Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel ... and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. Haggai i 14.

I will put a spirit upon the king of Assyria, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land. Isa. xxxvii 7.

Jehovah hardened the spirit of Sihon the king. Deut. ii 30.

And that which cometh up upon your spirit shall not be at all. Ezek. xx 32.

[3] (3) Freedom of life.

The four living creatures, which were cherubs seen by the Prophet, went . . . whither the spirit was to go. Ezek. i 12, 20.

[4] (4) Life in fear, grief, and anger.

Every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint. Ezek. xxi 7.

My spirit was overwhelmed within me; my heart is astounded in the midst of me. Ps. cxlii 3; cxliii 4.

My spirit faileth. Ps. cxliii 7

As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved. Dan. vii 15.

The spirit of Pharaoh was troubled. Gen. xli 8.

Nebuchadnezzar said, My spirit was troubled. Dan. ii 3.

I went in bitterness in the hot anger of my spirit. Ezek. iii 14

[5] (5) The life of various evil affections,

Blessed is the man in whose spirit there is no guile. Ps. xxxii 2.

Jehovah hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof. Isa. xix 14.

He said unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit. Ezek. xiii 3.

The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad. Hosea ix 7.

Take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Mal. ii 16.

The spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err. Hosea iv 12.

The spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them. Hosea v 4.

When the spirit of jealousy come upon him. Num. v 14.

A man who walketh in the spirit and uttereth a lie. Micah ii 12.

A generation whose spirit was not steadfast with God. Ps. lxxviii 8.

The spirit of deep sleep was poured out upon them. Isa. xxix 10.

Ye shall conceive chaff; ye shall bring forth stubble; as to your spirit, fire shall devour you. Isa. xxxiii 11.

[6] (6) Infernal life.

I will cause ... the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. Zech. xiii 2.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places ... And afterwards he taketh to himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. Matt. xii 43, 45.

Babylon is become ... the hold of every foul spirit. Rev. xviii 2.

[7](7) Further, by spirit is meant the infernal spirits themselves by whom mankind are troubled; as in Matt. viii 16; x 1; xii 43, 44, 45; Mark i 23-27; ix 17-29; Luke iv 33, 36; vi 17, 18; vii 21; viii 2, 29; ix 39, 42, 55; xi 24-26; xiii 11; Rev. xiii 15; xvi 13, 14.