The best Bible verses for pentecost include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for pentecost, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."Acts 2:4
"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."Acts 2:4
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”"Acts 1:8
"“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions."Joel 2:28
"“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams."Acts 2:17
"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."John 14:26
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,"Galatians 5:22
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."Romans 8:26
"For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink."1 Corinthians 12:13
"Peter replied, “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."Acts 2:38
"Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit."Ephesians 5:18
"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."John 16:13
"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."Romans 5:5
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."2 Timothy 1:7
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for pentecost is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for pentecost, and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for pentecost are Acts 2:4, Acts 1:8, Joel 2:28. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to pentecost across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for pentecost, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.