41 Bible Verses about Demonic Influence

For they are spirits of demons performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons!

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was healed.

In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit who cried out with a loud voice,

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.”

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “The man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

and don’t give the Devil an opportunity.

Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

And she did this for many days.

But Paul was greatly aggravated and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out right away.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.

Now He was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute, spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.

When He had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,

The Jews responded to Him, “Aren’t we right in saying that You’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”

But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”

On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet and come out of him!”

And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul in Him!” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons!”

Suddenly they shouted, “What do You have to do with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.”

“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
or loosen the belt of Orion?

They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived,
which your fathers did not fear.

Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet.

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

You believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe—and they shudder.

After Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Therefore Jesus told him, “What you’re doing, do quickly.”

Whenever the spirit from God troubled Saul, David would pick up his lyre and play, and Saul would then be relieved, feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

Then the news about Him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to Him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And He healed them.

and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

Jesus replied to them, “Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is the Devil!”

The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?”