40 Bible Verses about ghosts

Wherefore I declare unto you that no man speaking in the spirit of God defieth Jesus. Also no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy ghost.

And they were abashed, and afraid, supposing that they had seen a spirit.

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy of the spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

Behold my hands and my feet: that it is even I myself. Handle me and see. For spirits have not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."

and when his disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is some spirit," and cried out for fear.

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy, in the holy ghost.

The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost.

That good thing which was committed to thy keeping, keep in the holy ghost which dwelleth in us.

And it is the spirit that beareth witness, because the spirit is truth.

And the angel answered, and said unto her, "The holy ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born, shall be called the son of God.

Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up the ghost.

But ye, dearly beloved, edify yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the holy ghost,

and said unto them, "Have ye received the holy ghost since ye believed?" And they said unto him, "No. We have not heard whether there be any holy ghost or no."

And thou shalt be brought low, and speak out of the earth, and thy words shall go humbly out of the ground. Thy voice shall come out of the earth, like the voice of a witch, and thy talking shall groan out of the mire.

The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may be rich in hope through the power of the holy ghost.

And Jesus cried with a great voice and said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." And when he thus had said, he gave up the ghost.

Either, know ye not how that your bodies are the temple of the holy ghost, which is in you, whom he have of God, and how that ye are not your own?

When Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands on them, the holy ghost was given: he offered them money, saying,

and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, even as the spirit gave them utterance.

For the scripture came never by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy ghost.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the holy ghost, be with you all. Amen. {The end of the Second Epistle unto the Corinthians, Sent from Philippi, a city in Macedonia, by Titus and Luke}

for this purpose: that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ among the gentiles, and should minister the glad tidings of God, that the gentiles might be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the holy ghost.

And we are his records as concerning these things: and also the holy ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him."

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the holy ghost, even in his mother's womb:

Turn not to them that work with spirits, neither regard them that observe dismal days, that ye be not defiled by them: for I am the LORD your God.

But he, being full of the holy ghost, looked up steadfastly with his eyes into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the righthand of God,

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business:

And when he had said that, he breathed on them, and said unto them, "Receive the holy ghost.

which, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the holy ghost.

And as I began to preach, the holy ghost fell on them, as he did on us at the beginning.

Then Saul, which also is called Paul, being full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on him, and said,

As soon as Jesus had received of the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," and bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy ghost;

but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me.

but ye shall receive power of the holy ghost which shall come on you. And ye shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Jewry, and in Samaria, and even unto the world's end."

While Peter yet spake these words, the holy ghost fell on all them which heard the preaching.

What is he that will go to law with me? For if I hold my tongue, I shall die.

Jesus then full of the holy ghost, returned from Jordan, and was carried of the spirit into a wilderness,

which things also we speak - not in the cunning words of man's wisdom, but with the cunning words of the holy ghost, making spiritual comparisons of spiritual things.

"Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.