37 Bible Verses about ghosts
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Wherefore I want you to understand that no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except in the Holy Spirit.
They were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
"Therefore I tell you that every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.
"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I! Feel me and see; for a ghost has not flesh and blood as I have."
but when the disciples saw him walking upon the sea, they were terrified. "It is a phantom," they said, and cried out for fear.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
Guard the glorious trust which has been committed to you by the aid of the Holy Spirit who makes his home in us.
"The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.
But you, beloved, continually building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and ever praying in the Holy Spirit,
"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" he asked them. "No" said they, "we did not even hear that there is a Holy Spirit."
Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.
Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you, the Spirit whom you have from God?
But when Simon perceived that, by the laying on of the apostles' hands, the Spirit was given, he offered them money saying,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
For no prophecy was ever brought by the will of man; but moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke for God.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
"And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."
"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, "He shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, "He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the hour of his birth,
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
"So, brothers, find from among your own number seven men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them over this business.
Who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
"And," said Peter, "as soon as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as he fell upon us at the beginning.
So Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily at him, and said:
Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me.
"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."
While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, all the time tempted by the devil.
Of these high themes we speak in words not taught by human philosophy, but by the Spirit; interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men.
"Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Ghost! As your fathers did, so do you.