41 Bible Verses about Demonic Influence
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for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I do not desire that you would have fellowship with demons.
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he shouted with a loud voice,
And just then a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely demonized."
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane. Why do you listen to him?"
Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out at once.
As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled.
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.
And when he came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
saying, "Ah. what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God."
And just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he shouted,
Then the Judeans answered him, "Do not we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"
Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did not we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him." When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It is not possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
And suddenly they shouted, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us."
"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they did not know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers did not dread.
I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
It happened, when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
And the report about him went out into all Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
and said, "Full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"
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