Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

The unclean

He walketh

Bible References

The unclean

Matthew 12:43
No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.

He walketh

1 Peter 5:8
Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.

Dry

Ephesians 2:2
For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

I will

Mark 5:10
and he begged Jesus again and again not to send them away out of that country.
Mark 9:25
But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: "Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again."