Ephesians 4:30

New Century Version

And do not make the Holy Spirit sad. The Spirit is God’s proof that you belong to him. God gave you the Spirit to show that God will make you free when the final day comes.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

The Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years.”

Genesis 6:6

He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

Psalm 78:40

They turned against God so often in the desert and grieved him there.

Psalm 95:10

I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.’

Isaiah 43:24

So you did not buy incense for me; you did not freely bring me fat from your sacrifices. Instead you have weighed me down with your many sins; you have made me tired of your many wrongs.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.

Isaiah 7:13

Then Isaiah said, “Ahaz, descendant of David, listen carefully! Isn’t it bad enough that you wear out the patience of people? Do you also have to wear out the patience of my God?

Ezekiel 16:43

“ ‘Because you didn’t remember when you were young, but have made me angry in all these ways, I will repay you for what you have done, says the Lord God. Didn’t you add sexual sins to all your other acts which I hate?

Hosea 13:14

Will I save them from the place of the dead? Will I rescue them from death? Where is your sickness, death? Where is your pain, place of death? I will show them no mercy.

Mark 3:5

Jesus was angry as he looked at the people, and he felt very sad because they were stubborn. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man held out his hand and it was healed.

Luke 21:28

When these things begin to happen, look up and hold your heads high, because the time when God will free you is near!”

John 3:33

Whoever accepts what he says has proven that God is true.

Acts 7:51

Stephen continued speaking: “You stubborn people! You have not given your hearts to God, nor will you listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell you, just as your ancestors were.

Romans 8:11

God raised Jesus from the dead, and if God’s Spirit is living in you, he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from the dead, and he will give life through his Spirit that lives in you.

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children, which means our bodies will be made free.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. In Christ we are put right with God, and have been made holy, and have been set free from sin.

1 Corinthians 15:54

So this body that can be destroyed will clothe itself with that which can never be destroyed, and this body that dies will clothe itself with that which can never die. When this happens, this Scripture will be made true: “Death is destroyed forever in victory.”

1 Thessalonians 5:19

Do not hold back the work of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to those who do not respect the Son of God, who look at the blood of the agreement that made them holy as no different from others’ blood, who insult the Spirit of God’s grace? Surely they should have a much worse punishment.

Hebrews 3:10

I was angry with them. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me and have not understood my ways.’

Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was God angry for forty years? He was angry with those who sinned, who died in the desert.

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites threw away the foreign gods among them, and they worshiped the Lord again. So he felt sorry for them when he saw their suffering.