The word in Scripture

Comforter in the Bible

The word comforter appears 8 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The Comforter is the Holy Spirit sent to be alongside us. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What comforter means in the Bible

The Comforter is the Holy Spirit sent to be alongside us.

Where the word comforter appears

Here is every passage where the word comforter appears, in the words of the King James Bible:

“So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.”Ecclesiastes 4:1

“Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.”Lamentations 1:9

“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”Lamentations 1:16

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”John 14:16

“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.”John 14:26

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:”John 15:26

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”John 16:7