41 Bible Verses about Demonic Influence

For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.

No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.

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 was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."

in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following 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 it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons."

Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?"

and give no opportunity to the devil.

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.

And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.

As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.

"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.

And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce 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 are--the Holy One of God."

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man 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?"

But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."

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 silent and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," 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?"

We should 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.

John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us."

said, "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.

"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?

They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

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 is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe--and shudder!

Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."

And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"