Satan in the Bible

Meaning: contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser

Thematic Bible




When the devil had tried every kind of temptation he left him till another time.

Jesus answered, "It was not for my sake that the voice came, but for yours. The judgment of this world is now in progress. Its evil genius is now to be expelled,

I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil genius of the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me,

Then the embodiment of disobedience will make his appearance, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and annihilate him by his appearance and arrival.

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared??o undo the devil's work.

and the devil who led them astray was flung into the fiery, sulphurous lake, where the animal and the false prophet were, there to be tortured day and night forever and ever.


They had over them as king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.



And no wonder, for even Satan himself masquerades as a shining angel.

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,


Again the devil took him to a very high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor, and said to him, "I will give all this to you, if you will fall on your knees and do homage to me."

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this power and their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I can give it to anyone I please. If you will do homage before me, it shall all be yours."







I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil genius of the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me,

The judgment of this world is now in progress. Its evil genius is now to be expelled,

and about judgment, as shown by the condemnation of the evil genius of this world.



And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

to keep Satan from getting the better of us. For we know what he is after.


They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;

But I am afraid that just as the serpent by his cunning deceived Eve, your thoughts will be led astray from their single-hearted fidelity to Christ.

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

When anyone is tempted, it is by his own desire that he is enticed and allured.

That was why, when I could not bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter might have tempted you and all our labor might be lost.


Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

So the man who thinks he can stand must be on his guard against a fall.

Be on the watch. Stand firm in your faith. Act like men. Show yourselves strong.


So you must be on your guard and remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped warning any of you, even with tears.


Be persistent in prayer and wide awake about it when you give thanks.

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be exposed to trial! One's spirit is eager, but flesh and blood are weak!"

Wake up, and strengthen what is left, although it is already on the point of death, for I have found nothing you have done complete in the sight of my God.


Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

She did this for a number of days, until Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!" And it came out instantly.

that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

Then Jesus answered, "You have great faith! You shall have what you want." And her daughter was cured from that time.

And Jesus reproved the demon and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was cured.

The foul spirit convulsed the man and gave a loud cry and went out of him.

And he said to them, "Begone!" And they came out and went into the pigs. And suddenly the whole drove rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.

and as soon as the demon was driven out, the dumb man was able to speak. And the crowds were amazed, and said, "Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel!"

And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew that he was Christ.

and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and sickness??ary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had been driven,


Yet what was left of mankind, those who escaped being killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands and give up worshiping demons and gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wooden idols, which cannot either see or hear or move,





No, but that what the heathen sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.

and worshiped the dragon for having given the animal his authority, and they worshiped the animal, and said, "Who is there like the animal? Who can fight with it?"



When the devil had tried every kind of temptation he left him till another time.

Jesus answered, "It was not for my sake that the voice came, but for yours. The judgment of this world is now in progress. Its evil genius is now to be expelled,

I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil genius of the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me,

Then the embodiment of disobedience will make his appearance, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and annihilate him by his appearance and arrival.

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared??o undo the devil's work.

and the devil who led them astray was flung into the fiery, sulphurous lake, where the animal and the false prophet were, there to be tortured day and night forever and ever.


So at supper??he devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son??3 Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

So to keep me from being too much elated a bitter physical affliction was sent to me, a very messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too much elated.

in the midst of which you once lived under the control of the present age of the world, and the master-spirit of the air, who is still at work among the disobedient.

For we resolved to come to see you??, Paul, did so again and again??ut Satan held us back.




He said to them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning!

So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

and hurled him into the abyss and he closed it and sealed it over him, to keep him from leading the heathen astray any longer, until the thousand years are over; after that he has to be released for a little while.


Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

For because he has himself been tempted in what he has suffered he is able to help others who are in trial.

for forty days by the Spirit, and was tempted by the devil. In all those days he ate nothing, and when they were over he was famished.

But it is you who have stood by me in my trials.

For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.


Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

Be angry, but do not sin. The sun must not go down upon your anger; you must not give the devil a chance.

You must put on God's armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.



And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?


And God, who is the source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The blessing of our Lord Jesus be with you.

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

After he took the bread, Satan took possession of him. Then Jesus said to him, "Be quick about your business."


The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.

This is how the children of God and those of the devil can be distinguished: No one who does not act uprightly or who does not love his brother is a child of God.

The field is the world. The good seed is the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the wicked.

and said, "You monster of underhandedness and cunning! You son of the devil! You enemy of all that is right! Will you never stop trying to make the Lord's straight paths crooked?


Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared??o undo the devil's work.

Let them both grow together until harvest time, and when we harvest I will direct the reapers to gather up the weeds first and tie them up in bundles to burn, but get the wheat into my barn.' "

How can anyone get into a strong man's house and carry off his property unless he first binds the strong man? After that he can plunder his house.

When a strong man fully armed guards his own dwelling, his property is undisturbed. But when somebody stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he strips him of the arms that he relied on, and divides up the spoils.


I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil genius of the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me,

The judgment of this world is now in progress. Its evil genius is now to be expelled,

and about judgment, as shown by the condemnation of the evil genius of this world.


Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

The other's appearance, by the contrivance of Satan, will be full of power and pretended signs and wonders,


Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who live in them! But alas for the earth and the sea, for the devil has descended upon you in a great rage, for he knows that he has only a short time left."

It was allowed to utter great boasts and blasphemies, and to exert authority for forty-two months.





Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.


And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This man cannot drive out demons except by the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

But some of them said, "It is with the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons, that he drives the demons out."


He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

for forty days by the Spirit, and was tempted by the devil. In all those days he ate nothing, and when they were over he was famished.

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this power and their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I can give it to anyone I please.


Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can trouble or misfortune or persecution or hunger or destitution or danger or the sword?

But in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.


Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"


Here I have given you the power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. Nothing will hurt you at all.

And God, who is the source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The blessing of our Lord Jesus be with you.





I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil genius of the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me,

The judgment of this world is now in progress. Its evil genius is now to be expelled,

and about judgment, as shown by the condemnation of the evil genius of this world.


And did not this woman, who is a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen years, have to be released from those bonds on the Sabbath day?"

Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him, but Jesus reproved the foul spirit and cured the boy and gave him back to his father.





If the meaning of my preaching of the good news is veiled at all, it is so only in the case of those who are on the way to destruction. In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.


And no wonder, for even Satan himself masquerades as a shining angel.


It is no superhuman temptation that you have had. And God can be depended on, not to let you be tried beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to give you a way out of it, so that you can withstand it.



But I am afraid that just as the serpent by his cunning deceived Eve, your thoughts will be led astray from their single-hearted fidelity to Christ.



to keep Satan from getting the better of us. For we know what he is after.


The field is the world. The good seed is the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the wicked. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.


And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and standing upon the sea of glass those who had come off victorious from the animal and its statue and the number corresponding to its name. They had harps that God had given them,


And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

That was why, when I could not bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter might have tempted you and all our labor might be lost.


For we have to struggle, not with enemies of flesh and blood, but with the hierarchies, the authorities, the master-spirits of this dark world, the spirit-forces of evil on high.


When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.




He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.




and said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says, " 'He will give his angels orders about you, And they will lift you up with their hands So that you may never strike your foot against a stone!' "




When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.

The field is the world. The good seed is the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the wicked.


I know of your distress and poverty??hough you are rich!?? know how you are slandered by those who claim to be Jews when they are not so, but only a synagogue of Satan!

I will make some who belong to that synagogue of Satan and claim to be Jews when they are not so, but are lying?? will make them come and bow down at your feet, and learn that I loved you.


Here I have given you the power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. Nothing will hurt you at all.


for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world.


to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'




The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.


Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.








And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this power and their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I can give it to anyone I please.




But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This man cannot drive out demons except by the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."


For we have to struggle, not with enemies of flesh and blood, but with the hierarchies, the authorities, the master-spirits of this dark world, the spirit-forces of evil on high.


"When a foul spirit goes out of a man, it roams through deserts in search of rest and can find none.


Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "The deliverance and power and reign of our God, and the authority of his Christ have now come, for the accuser of our brothers, who kept bringing charges against them day and night before our God, has been hurled down.


The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.


But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.


He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the realm of his dear Son,


The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.


The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.


The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.


How can Christ agree with Belial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?




in the midst of which you once lived under the control of the present age of the world, and the master-spirit of the air, who is still at work among the disobedient.


in the midst of which you once lived under the control of the present age of the world, and the master-spirit of the air, who is still at work among the disobedient.


In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.


They had over them as king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.


They had over them as king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.


Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.


They had over them as king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.


Another portent appeared in the sky??here was a great fire-red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on his heads.



When the devil had tried every kind of temptation he left him till another time.

Jesus answered, "It was not for my sake that the voice came, but for yours. The judgment of this world is now in progress. Its evil genius is now to be expelled,

I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil genius of the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me,

Then the embodiment of disobedience will make his appearance, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and annihilate him by his appearance and arrival.

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared??o undo the devil's work.

and the devil who led them astray was flung into the fiery, sulphurous lake, where the animal and the false prophet were, there to be tortured day and night forever and ever.


They had over them as king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.



And no wonder, for even Satan himself masquerades as a shining angel.

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,





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