17 occurrences

'Unclean Spirit' in the Bible

"Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

And at that very moment, there in their synagogue, a man in the grip of an unclean spirit shrieked out.

So the unclean spirit, after tearing him, came out of him with a loud cry;

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they threw themselves down at his feet, screaming out, "You are the Son of God."

and he had no sooner stepped out of the boat, than a man out of the tombs came to meet him, a man with an unclean spirit,

Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again."

All were amazed, and began to ask one another, saying. "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out."

For Jesus was already commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him and held him, and they again and again kept him under guard, and put him in chains and fetters. But he would break his bonds asunder, as he was driven by the demon in to the desert.

But while he was yet coming the demon dashed him down, and cruelly convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

The people of the towns near Jerusalem also continued to come in crowds, bringing their sick and those who were harried by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.