Bible Verses About Spirits and Ghosts
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spirits and ghosts, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 267 votes, led by Leviticus 19:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Spirits and Ghosts
Leviticus 19:3131 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
John 16:1329 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
James 4:729 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Galatians 5:1627 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Matthew 8:1624 votes
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
Galatians 5:19-2118 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 1:1417 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Leviticus 20:2714 votes
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
1 Corinthians 6:18-2013 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1 John 1:912 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
John 1:1-5111 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Romans 6:1611 votes
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Galatians 5:1-2611 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Chronicles 33:610 votes
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
John 14:2610 votes
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
What does the Bible say about spirits and ghosts?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:31 on the subject of spirits and ghosts. Across 267 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 16:13, James 4:7, Galatians 5:16. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.