40 Bible Verses about ghosts

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

Wherefore I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner: When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child by the Holy Spirit.

That good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

For there are three that bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, expired.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying by the Holy Spirit,

He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there is any Holy Spirit.

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he expired.

What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

For prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit.

Who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and expired.

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Save that the Holy Spirit testifieth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.

But ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.

While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them who heard the word.

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall expire.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.