17 Bible Verses about Satan, Character Of

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

In which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for naught?

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, even, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had caught him, and he was kept bound with chains, and in fetters: and he broke the bands, and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.)

And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee look upon my son: for he is my only child.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.

And the LORD said to Satan, Whence comest thou? and Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.