40 Bible Verses about Demons

And the multitude came together from the cities about Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled by impure spirits, all of whom were cured.

and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around 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 in that hour.

so that napkins and aprons were brought from him to the sick, and their diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her daughter was cured from that hour.

And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

And the rest of men, who were not killed with these plagues, did not change their minds [to turn] from the works of their hands, not to worship demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk,

But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons,

But what the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to be partakers with demons. You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons; you cannot partake at the Lord's table and the table of demons.

Then shall he say to those on his left hand, Depart from me accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but plunging them into Tartarus delivered them up in chains to be kept in darkness till the judgment,

and the angels who kept not their own province, but left their habitation, he has kept under darkness in eternal chains, for the judgment of the great day;

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me;

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

and the impure spirits when they saw him fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.

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

And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me;

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an impure spirit, and he cried out, saying, What have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you are, the holy [Son] of God!

And when they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffers greatly. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples and they could not cure him. read more.
Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to me. And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I have brought my son to you, having a dumb spirit; and wherever it takes him it convulses him, and he foams and grates his teeth, and becomes emaciated. And I spoke to your disciples to cast it out, and they could not. And he answered and said to them, O faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him to me. read more.
And they brought him to him. And seeing him, the spirit immediately affected him with convulsions, and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming. And he asked his father, How long a time is it since this came upon him? And he said, From a little child; and it often casts him into fire, and into waters, to destroy him; but if you are able, help us, and have mercy on us. And Jesus said to him, If you are able? all things are possible to him that believes. And the father of the little child immediately crying out, said, I believe; help my unbelief. And Jesus seeing that a multitude ran together, rebuked the impure spirit, saying to him, Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more. And crying out and affecting him with many convulsions, he went out. And he was like a dead person, so that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up, and he stood up.

And on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child; and behold a spirit takes him, and suddenly cries out and convulses him, with foam and crushing him departs from him with difficulty; read more.
and I desired your disciples to cast it out, and they could not. And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you, and suffer you! Bring your son hither. And while he was coming, the demon tore him with spasms and convulsed him. And Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and cured the child, and gave him back to his father.

and many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him?

The multitude answered, You have a demon; who seeks to kill you?

And the scribes coming down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebul, and casts out demons by the ruler of demons. And calling them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; read more.
and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand; and if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. But no one can enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. I tell you truly, That all sins and blasphemies with which they blaspheme shall be forgiven the children of men; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness, but is the subject of an eternal mistake; because they said, He has an impure spirit.

The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but plunging them into Tartarus delivered them up in chains to be kept in darkness till the judgment,

and the angels who kept not their own province, but left their habitation, he has kept under darkness in eternal chains, for the judgment of the great day;

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

And the scribes coming down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebul, and casts out demons by the ruler of demons.

And his fame went out into all Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them;

And when it was evening they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick,

and demons also went out of many, crying and saying, You are the Son of God! And he rebuked them, and charged them not to say that they knew him to be the Christ.

And the rest of men, who were not killed with these plagues, did not change their minds [to turn] from the works of their hands, not to worship demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk,

And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly affected with a demon. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. read more.
And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me! But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs. But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her daughter was cured from that hour. And returning thence Jesus came to the lake of Galilee, and going up on the mountain sat down there.

But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; and she was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. And he said to her, Suffer the children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs. read more.
And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said to her, For this speech, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter. And departing to her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out.

AND calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power over impure spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every infirmity.

And he called the twelve, and sent them out two and two, and gave them power over impure spirits;

And these signs shall follow those that believe; in my name they shall cast out demons, they shall speak with new tongues,

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an impure spirit, and he cried out, saying, What have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you are, the holy [Son] of God! And Jesus rebuked him saying, Be still, and come out of him. read more.
And the impure spirit affecting him with convulsions, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

And there was a man in the synagogue having a spirit of an impure demon; and he cried with a loud voice, Alas! what have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy [Son] of God! And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush! and come out of him. And the demon casting him into the midst came out of him, doing him no injury.

And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass that way. And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us? And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding. read more.
And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters; and those who fed them fled, and going away into the city reported all things, and the events relating to the demoniacs. And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds.

And as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit immediately met him from the tombs, who lived in the tombs, and none could bind him with a chain; for he was often bound with fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters crushed, and no one could subdue him. read more.
And he was always night and day in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones. And seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran and worshipped him, and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to torment me. For he said to him, Impure spirit, come out of the man. And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My name is Legion, for we are many. And they besought him much that he would not send them out of the country. And there was there on the mountain a great herd of swine feeding. And they besought him, saying, Send us to the swine, that we may go into them. And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the impure spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, about two thousand, and were drowned in the lake. And those who fed them fled and told it in the city and in the country; and they came out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac who had the legion, sitting down, clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And those who saw related to them how it had been with the demoniac, and concerning the swine. And they besought him to depart from their bounds. And entering into the ship, the man that had been a demoniac besought him that he might go with him; and he permitted him not, but said to him, Go to your home, to your friends, and relate to them what the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you. And he went away and proclaimed in the Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

so that napkins and aprons were brought from him to the sick, and their diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining. She following Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us the way of salvation; and this she did for many days. And Paul being grieved turned around 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 in that hour.

THEN a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spoke and saw.

AND he cast out a demon, and it was dumb. And when the demon had gone out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered.

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us by your name.

And John spoke to him, saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in your name, who follows not us, and we forbade him.

AND having arisen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven demons.

and certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went out seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.

and wherever it takes him it convulses him, and he foams and grates his teeth, and becomes emaciated. And I spoke to your disciples to cast it out, and they could not.

And when he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could we not cast it out? And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but prayer.

But when the impure spirit has gone out of a man, it goes through dry places seeking a rest, and finds none. Then it says, I will return to my house from which I went out; and coming, it finds it empty, swept, and adorned. Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.

And some of the travelling Jewish exorcists undertook to call over those that had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches. And there were some seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. But the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you? read more.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, and overcome them, and prevailed against them, so that they escaped from his house, naked and wounded.

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding. And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters;

And when they had gone away, behold, the people brought to him a man, a dumb demoniac. And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

You believe that there is one God? You do well; demons also believe and tremble.

Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.

And the multitude came together from the cities about Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled by impure spirits, all of whom were cured.

For impure spirits came out of many who had them, crying with a loud voice; and many paralytics and lame persons were cured;

You believe that there is one God? You do well; demons also believe and tremble.

And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac who had the legion, sitting down, clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My name is Legion, for we are many.