What Does the Bible Say About Listening To The Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Romans 8:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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.

John 16:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Acts 10:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 14:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

1 John 2:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Galatians 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 John 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 7:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

28 Bible Verses about Listening To The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 8:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 10:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 7:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 8:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Acts 10:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 14:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 7:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote