41 Bible Verses about Demonic Influence

For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.

Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,

Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"

in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!"

Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?"

Do not give the devil an opportunity.

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became 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 of her at once.

As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

"Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God."

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

The Judeans replied, "Aren't we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"

But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

Others said, "These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?"

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

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

and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion?

They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.

Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.

You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that -- and tremble with fear.

And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are about to do, do quickly."

So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone.

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

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

Jesus replied, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?"

But the evil spirit replied to them, "I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"