[John 14:17 CSB] "He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn't see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be in you.

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The Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth. (1 John 5:6)
Jesus is the truth. (John 14:6)
The word of God is truth. (John 17:17)
What God has said through His word the Holy Spirit testifies that it is true and will help you to remember what you know from it. Jesus is the way to God and the truth of what God said. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of Jesus and God. We are to know the Spirit of truth because He lives with us and  lives in us. We cannot have 2/3 of the God head and have all the best of God. God has sent the spirit of truth to us to be a help to us. Welcome the spirit of God into our lives to be the help He was intended to be!

Isaiah 32:14-18 (CSB) 14 For the palace will be deserted, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places forever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks, 15 until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest. 16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the orchard. 17 The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. 18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure dwellings.

Ephesians 6:17 (NIV)
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Other verses about the Spirit.
Numbers 11:17, 2 Chronicles 24:20, Job 32:8, Psalm 32:2, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 57;15,  Isaiah 59:21, Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 63:11-14, Ezekiel 11:5, Daniel 4:8-9,18, Haggai 2:5, Zachariah 4:6, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 18:12,28 Mark 13:11, Luke 1:15, Luke 3:16, Luke 4:18, Luke 10:21, John 4:23-24, John 16:13-15, Acts 5:32, Acts 19:2, Romans 8:6-11, Romans 14:17, 1 Corinthians 2:12-15, 1 Corinthians 6:9-19, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, 2 Corinthians 1:22,5:5, Galatians 5:22, 1 John 3:24, 1 John 4

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