38 Bible Verses about Demonic Influence

They are the spirits of demons, and perform marvels; they go to kings all over the world, to collect them for the battle on the Great Day of Almighty God.

Then it says 'I will go back to the home which I left'; but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, and swept, and put in order.

No; what I say is that the sacrifices offered by the Gentiles 'are offered to demons and to a Being who is no God,' and I do not want you to share with demons.

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy; and he was cured from that very hour.

In the Synagogue there was a man with the spirit of a foul demon in him, who called out loudly:

There, a Canaanite woman of that district came out and began calling to Jesus: "Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon."

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

But the Pharisees heard of it and said: "He drives out demons only by the help of Baal-zebub the chief of the demons."

Many of them said: "He is possessed by a demon and is mad; why do you listen to him?"

And give no opportunity to the Devil.

Therefore I tell you plainly that no one who speaks under the influence of the Spirit of God says 'JESUS IS ACCURSED,' and that no one can say 'JESUS IS LORD,' except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

She had been doing this for several days, when Paul, much vexed, turned and said to the spirit within her: "In the Name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave her." That very moment the spirit left her.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.

Once Jesus was driving out a dumb demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke. The people were amazed at this;

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.

And on getting to the other side--the country of the Gadarenes--Jesus met two men who were possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one was able to pass that way.

For, when John came, neither eating nor drinking, men said 'He has a demon in him';

"Stop! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

Now there was in their Synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out:

"Are not we right, after all," replied the Jews, "in saying that you are a Samaritan, and are possessed by a demon?"

But the Pharisees said: "He drives out the demons by the help of the chief of the demons."

On 'That Day' many will say to me 'Master, Master, was not it in your name that we taught, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many miracles?'

But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Be silent! Come out from him," he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.

Others said: "This is not the teaching of one who is possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?"

And the Teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said: "He has Baal-zebub in him, and he drives the demons out by the help of Baal-zebub, their chief."

Suddenly they shrieked out: "What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?"

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother's was good.

Thereupon John said: "Sir, we saw a man driving out demons by using your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow you with us."

"Master, take pity on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers terribly; indeed, he often falls into the fire and into the water;

And I saw three foul spirits, like frogs, come from the mouth of the Dragon and from the mouth of the Beast and from the mouth of the false Prophet.

That is not the wisdom which comes from above; no, it is earthly, animal, devilish.

It is a part of your Faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.

And it was then, after he had received it, that Satan took possession of him. So Jesus said to him: "Do at once what you are going to do."

And his fame spread all through Syria. They brought to him all who were ill with any form of disease, or who were suffering pain--any who were either possessed by demons, or were lunatic, or paralyzed; and he cured them.

"You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert 'the straight paths of the Lord'? Listen!

"Did not I myself choose you to be the Twelve?" replied Jesus; "and yet, even of you, one is playing the 'Devil's' part."

But the wicked spirit answered them: "Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you--who are you?"