Satan in the Bible

Meaning: contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser

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and if a family be divided against itself, that family cannot stand: and if Satan oppose himself and be divided,

Verse ConceptsParables Of ChristDivisions Of OpinionFamily UnityFamiliesFamily Problemsdivisionwomanhood

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfAttitudes Of StubbornnessRebukeUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Sourced InReclining To EatSeeing The Risen ChristChrist AppearingDoubting The ResurrectionNot Believing PeopleConsequences Of ObstinacyElevenChrist Is Risen

Now there was a man in the synagogue who was dominated by the spirit of an evil demon [Note: These "evil spirits" or "demons" were powerful beings sent by Satan to inhabit people, causing physical, mental and spiritual harm to them]. He was shouting with a loud voice,

Verse ConceptsSpiritsVoicesIndividuals ShoutingThose DemonisedCasting Out DemonsDemonic Influence

See, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions [i.e., to receive protection from accidental contact with venomous creatures. See Acts 28:5] and [to have authority] over all the power of the enemy [i.e., Satan. See verse 18]. And nothing at all will hurt you.

Verse ConceptsBattlesdefeatImmunityPower, HumanSatan, As The Enemy Of GodSatan, Resistance ToSnakesSatan, Limitations OfEnabling GracePromised VictoryTrampling AnimalsPower Over SnakesScorpionsAuthority Of DisciplesMan's Authority Over The DevilThe power of ChristOvercomingHurtCasting Out Demonshurtingprincipalities

But He who well knew their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house against a house falleth: if Satan also be divided against himself,

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People

And to whom ye forgive any thing, I also forgive it: for if I have forgiven any thing, I forgave it him, to whom I did forgive it, for your sakes, in the person of Christ; that we might not be foiled by Satan:

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceThe Presence Of ChristPeople Forgiving OthersFor The Sake Of God's PeopleForgivenessforgiving othersForgiving Others Who Hurt YouGod's ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgiving

Therefore, it should not be surprising for Satan's ministers to disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their [final] end will be what they deserve for such actions.

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises

so that He could buy back [from Satan] those who were [still] under [obligation to] the law of Moses, and that we could become adopted children.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofFreedom from the LawOrphansRedemption, In NtTypesAdoptionUnder The LawRedemptionsonship

through whom we receive redemption [i.e., are bought back from Satan], which is the forgiveness of [our] sins.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, SpiritualRedemptionFreedomForgiveness KjvEthicsforgivingperformance

[So], for this reason, when I could not stand it any longer, I also sent [Timothy] to find out about your faith. I was afraid that somehow the tempter [i.e., Satan] had tempted you [to give up] and that our work [on your behalf] will have become useless.

Verse ConceptsdefeatLabor, Spiritual Aspects OfSatan, As TempterSin, Causes OfSpiritual VitalitySpiritual Warfare, Enemies InTemptation, Sources OfNames And Titles For SatanUseless LabourBeing TemptedThose Who Had FaithThe Devil Tempting PeopleResisting Temptationuncertainty

Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival ??9 that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood,

Verse ConceptsFutureEternal DeathBreath Of Godevil, victory overdefeatAntichristMouthsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesAntichrist, Names ForConquestAn Overpowering PresenceThe Sword Of The SpiritDestruction Of Satan's WorksGod KillingPeople Made KnownGod Killing IndividualsOccupants Of HellAppearances ofbreathingbreathepiphany

keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. Certain individuals have scouted the good conscience and thus come to grief over their faith ??20 including Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have made over to Satan. That will teach them to stop their blasphemous ongoings!

Verse ConceptsClear ConsciencesBad ConsciencesConsciences, Description OfSeafaringCorrupted ConsciencesShipwrecksDeparturesMaintaining FaithKeeping FaithHaving FaithRejectionTrust In Relationshipsconscience

You [should] know that you were bought back [from Satan], from your useless way of life, inherited from your forefathers, not with such perishable things as silver and gold,

Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed

I am writing to you fathers, because you have known Him [i.e., Christ], [who has existed] from the beginning [See John 1:1]. I am writing to you young men, because you have overcome the [power of the] evil one [i.e., through faith they had gained victory over Satan, See 5:4].

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfSatan, Character OfOvercomersVirtues Of Young PeopleSpiritual FathersWriting LettersStrong PeopleFrom The BeginningChildren And The KingdomChildren In The FaithOvercoming Through ChristThe FatherMan's Authority Over The DevilOvercomingDadsfatherhood

not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother's were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].

Verse ConceptsLearning From The PastAbel and Cainevil, origins ofMaliceMurderPast, ThePersecution, Forms OfMartyrdom, Reasons ForWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named IndividualsSiblingsThe DevilDeath Of Loved OneBrothers LovewickednessdeedsSatanic HatredDemonic Influence

[But], you people are [followers] of God, little children [i.e., dear ones], and you have overcome them [i.e., these false teachers] because He who is in your lives [i.e., the Holy Spirit, See 3:24] is greater [i.e., more powerful] than he who is in [i.e., dominates] the world [i.e., Satan. See II Cor. 4:4].

Verse ConceptsBattlesevil, victory overPower Through GoddefeatHeaven, Inheritance OfTemptation, ResistingTemptation, Universality OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesOvercomersSpiritual AdoptionOther People Of GodOvercomingThe WorldPerspective

We [who preach the true Gospel] represent God; the person who knows God listens to our message; the one who does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we can know [the difference between those speaking by] the Holy Spirit of truth and [those speaking by] the spirit of [Satan's] error.

Verse ConceptsRevelation, In NtDistinguishingBeing MisleadOther People Of GodGod's TruthErrorThe Spirit Of TruthTelling The TruthDeceptionListening To GodPerspectiveTruth Not Being In Us

We know that every person who has been [spiritually] conceived [by God and eventually born] does not continue in [a life of] sin, but God's one and only conceived [Son] keeps him [from continuing to sin], and the evil one [i.e., Satan] does not continue to touch him [i.e., continue to control his life].

Verse ConceptsRegenerationSafetySatan, As DeceiverSatan, Resistance ToSin, Avoidance OfNew Birth, Results OfContinuing In SinEthics

Now the very archangel Michael, when he disputed the body of Moses with Satan, did not dare to condemn him with scoffs; what he said was, The Lord rebuke you!

Verse ConceptsArchangelsMichael The ArchangelDisputesCorpses Of Other PeopleGod Requite Them!Ranks Of Angelsgabrielaccusations

But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, who do not know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.

Verse ConceptsSatanticSecrecySpiritual DepthsIgnorance Of EvilMisteachingsecrets

Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

Verse ConceptsFeetSatan, As DeceiverSatanticKnowing About God's KingdomSatanJews

Satan shall be loosed from his confinement, and shall go forth to deceive the nations, that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGog and MagogFour CornersFour SidesAll NationsSand And GravelThe Armies Of HeavenWarDeceptionBattlerevelationrelentless

Thematic Bible









He who works sin, is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

And the devil, who had deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were: and they shall be tormented day and night for ages and ages.


For they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in the Hebrew language, is Abaddon; and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon.




And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

And when the thousand years shall be accomplished, Satan shall be loosed from his confinement;


















for, speaking great swelling words of falsehood, they allure by the lusts of the flesh, even by lasciviousness, those who have actually fled away from them who are living in error.






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








Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, which are ready to die: for I have not found your works filled up in the sight of God.













Yet the remainder of men, who died not by these plagues, did not reform from the works of their hands, that they might not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.






and they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the wild beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who can war against it?








He who works sin, is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

And the devil, who had deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were: and they shall be tormented day and night for ages and ages.











And thus the great dragon was cast out; even the old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the world, was cast out to the earth; and his angels were cast out with him.

and he cast him into the abyss, and shut him down, and set a seal upon him, that he might not deceive the nations any more, till the thousand years were accomplished; and then he must be loosed again for a little time.








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













By this the children of God are discovered, and the children of the devil: whoever works not righteousness, is not of God, neither he who loves not his brother.




He who works sin, is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.












Therefore, rejoice you heavens, and you who inhabit them. But woe to those who inhabit the earth and the sea; for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.

And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and defamation: and there was given to it power to practice forty-two months-





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

Fear none of the things which you shall suffer; behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.






And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;









































And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire; and those who overcame the beast, and its image, and its mark, and the number of its name; standing by the sea of glass, having the harps of God.











And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

And thus the great dragon was cast out; even the old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the world, was cast out to the earth; and his angels were cast out with him.











I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich,) and I know the slander of those who say they are Jews, and are not; but are the assembly of Satan.

Behold, I will give of those-who are of the assembly of Satan; who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold-I will make them to come and worship before your feet; and they shall know that I have loved you.




because, every one that is begotten by God, overcomes the world. And this is the victory which overcomes the world, even our faith.


























And I heard a great voice saying, in heaven, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren is cast out, who accused them before our God day and night.
























For they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in the Hebrew language, is Abaddon; and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon.


For they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in the Hebrew language, is Abaddon; and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon.


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


For they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in the Hebrew language, is Abaddon; and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon.


And there appeared another sign in heaven; and, behold! a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven crowns.








He who works sin, is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

And the devil, who had deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were: and they shall be tormented day and night for ages and ages.


For they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in the Hebrew language, is Abaddon; and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon.




And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

And when the thousand years shall be accomplished, Satan shall be loosed from his confinement;





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