17 Bible Verses about Satan, Character Of

Now upon a time, when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan came also among them.

He may not be a young scholar, lest he swell and fall into the judgment of the evil speaker.

in the which, in time past, ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the governor that ruleth in the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of unbelief,

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness for heavenly things.

I write unto you fathers, how that ye have known him that was from the beginning. I write unto you young men, how that ye have overcome the wicked. I write unto you young children, how that ye know the father.

Satan answered, and said unto the LORD, "Doth Job fear God for naught?

Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.

But the serpent was subtler than all the beasts of the field which the LORD God had made; and said unto the woman, "Ah sir, that God hath said, ye shall not eat of all manner trees in the garden."

But I fear, lest as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, even so your wits should be corrupt from the singleness that is in Christ.

And no marvel, for Satan himself is changed into the fashion of an angel of light.

Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil.

Then he commanded the foul spirit to come out of the man. For often times he caught him, and he was bound with chains, and kept with fetters: and he brake the bonds, and was carried of the fiend into wilderness.

And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, "Master, I beseech thee behold my son, for he is all that I have:

Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "I have gone about the land and walked through it."

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered and said, "I have gone about the land, and walked through it."

Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.