38 Bible Verses about Demonic Influence
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for they are spirits of demons, performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
No, but I say that the things pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured from that moment.
And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried to him, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed."
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."
Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.
And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
When he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
"Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you arethe Holy One of God!"
Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,
The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him without doing him any harm.
Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."
And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
Now John answered, "Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us."
"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs;
This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believeand shudder.
Then after the bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."
Then his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"