Bible Verses About Ghosts
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ghosts, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 292 votes, led by Matthew 27:52-53. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ghosts
Matthew 27:52-5339 votes
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Job 14:1233 votes
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Hebrews 9:2733 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Luke 24:3928 votes
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.
1 Samuel 28:3-1927 votes
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
Luke 16:24-3124 votes
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Ecclesiastes 9:521 votes
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Psalms 146:3-419 votes
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Matthew 14:2618 votes
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
Isaiah 8:1914 votes
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
1 Samuel 28:1313 votes
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
Matthew 17:1-312 votes
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
Mark 16:1211 votes
After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
What does the Bible say about ghosts?
Readers most often cite Matthew 27:52-53 on the subject of ghosts. Across 292 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Job 14:12, Hebrews 9:27, Luke 24:39. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.