Asthehart pantethafter thewaterbrooks, sopantethmy soul after thee,O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 42:1^2.

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 62:1^2.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dryand thirsty land, where no water is.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 63:1.

How amiable are thy tabernacles,O L of hosts! 96 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the L: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, thesparrow hath found anhouse, and theswallowa nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars,O L of hosts, my King, and my God.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDORDPsalms 84:1^3.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms107:18.

My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.

-Bible (Apocrypha)
Ecclesiasticus 2:1.

Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.

-Bible (Apocrypha)
Ecclesiasticus 7:11.

Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.

-Bible (Apocrypha)
Ecclesiasticus 9:2.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 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?

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew16:25^6.

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. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it,Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 22:37^40.

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent emptyaway.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke1:46^53.

And Iwill say tomy soul, Soul, thou hast muchgoodslaid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him,Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke12:19^20.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Hebrews 4:12.

He which converteththesinner fromthe errorof his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

-Bible (NewTestament)
James 5:20.

Magnificat anima mea Dominum; et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salvatore meo. My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. See Bible (NewTestament) 115:23.

-Bible (Vulgate)
St Luke1:46.

My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if bereaved of light.

-Blake,William
  Songs of Innocence,'The Little Black Boy'.

Man was made for Joyand Woe, And when this we rightly know, Thro'the world we safely go. Joy and Woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine.

-Blake,William
c.1803  Auguries of Innocence, l.56^60.

   Education is the taming or demonstration of the soul's raw passionsönot suppressing them or excising them, whichwould deprivethesoul of its energyöbutforming and informing them as art.

-Bloom, Allan
  The Closing of the American Mind.

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world† But for Walesö!

-Bolt, Robert Oxton
  Thomas More.  A Man for All Seasons.

Bemercifuluntome,OGod, be mercifuluntome, for my soul trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over-past.

-Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 57:1.