What does the Bible say about the Holy Spirit?
From creation to salvation, the Holy Spirit is active throughout Scripture.
To help you explore His role, we’ve gathered 48 of the most popular Bible verses about the Holy Spirit, organized under clear and scannable headings.
Whether you seek uplifting verses or a deeper understanding of His presence, these Holy Spirit Scriptures will inspire and strengthen your faith.
Hope you enjoy!
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The best Bible verses about the Holy Spirit in the New Testament
Below, you will find the best and most beautiful Bible verses about the Holy Spirit in the New Testament.
These verses are surely edifying and uplifting, but they also warn against the unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Ephesians 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
John 15:26
“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
Matthew 12:31-32
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
The best Bible verses about the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
The Old Testament’s best verses about the Holy Spirit must be about God’s promises of the Messiah and the outpouring of the Spirit in the New Covenant. They show the continuity between the two Testaments and remind us that we can trust in God’s promises.
See also, how the name “Holy Spirit” is already used in the Old Testament: Psalm 51:10-11, Isaiah 63:10.
Read more: Guide to the Trinity in the Old Testament
Ezekiel 36:26-27
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
Isaiah 11:1-2
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse,
and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him:
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Psalm 51:10-11
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Don’t throw me from your presence,
and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
Therefore he turned and became their enemy,
and he himself fought against them.
Scripture on the Holy Spirit indwelling in believers
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
1 Corinthians 6:19
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
The Holy Spirit as gift of God in the Bible
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 11:13
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Acts 8:17-20
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Scriptures that prove the Holy Spirit is divine
If someone asks you, “Is the Holy Spirit God”?, you can show them the following Bible verses that prove the divinity of the Holy Spirit.
These verses show that the Bible directly refers to the Holy Spirit as God and Lord, that He has divine attributes, and that He performs divine actions.
This is why the Holy Spirit is mentioned in the Trinitarian verses, which equals Him with the Father and the Son as God. You’ll find the verses for this in the next section.
Acts 5:3-4
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”
2 Corinthians 3:16-18
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Omniscient and omnipresent
Isaiah 40:12–14, 1 Corinthians 2:10-11 Psalm 139:7
Omnipotent
Eternal
Holy
Truthful
Participates in Creation
Gives life
Resurrects dead
Sanctifies believers
2 Thessalonians 2:13, Galatians 5:22-23
Gives New Life to believers
Inspires Scripture
Scriptures on the Holy Spirit and the Trinity
Mark 1:9-11
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Matthew 28:19
Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Bible verses on the Holy Spirit’s visual manifestations
The Bible records the Holy Spirit’s visual appearances as dove, cloud, breath, and fiery tongues.
Matthew 3:16-17
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 17:1-5
After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
John 20:22
When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
Acts 2:1–4
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
What does the Bible say about the Holy Spirit being a person?
The Holy Spirit is a person who speaks, is grieved, can be tempted, has His own will, and is referred to by personal pronouns.
In John 16:13-15, the Holy Spirit is referred to by personal pronouns. He speaks, hears, and glorifies Jesus which means He is distinct from Jesus.
The Holy Spirit has his own will (1 Corinthians 12:11).
The Holy Spirit has emotions: He can be tempted or tested (Acts 5:9), grieved (Ephesians 4:30), and insulted (Hebrews 10:29).