54 Bible Verses about The Devil
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Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.
And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.
And the enemy that soweth them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers be the angels.
And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD.
to deliver him unto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
The devil took him up again and led him into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and all the glory of them;
Then came to him the tempter, and said, "If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread."
that they may come to themselves again out of the snare of the devil, which are now taken of him at his will.
Ye cannot drink of the cup of the Lord, and of the cup of the devils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
and therefore we would have come unto you, I Paul once and again: but Satan withstood us.
Then said Jesus unto him, "Depart, Satan: For it is written, 'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve.'"
and many of them said, "He hath the devil, and is mad: why hear ye him?"
The God of peace tread Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Believest thou that there is one God? Thou doest well. The devils also believe and tremble.
and not be as Cain, which was of the devil and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? For his own deeds were evil, and his brother's righteous.
He may not be a young scholar, lest he swell and fall into the judgment of the evil speaker.
Hereafter will I not talk many words unto you. For the chief ruler of this world cometh, and hath nought in me.
So if Satan cast out Satan, then is he at variance within himself. How shall then his kingdom endure?
Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil.
And the devil said unto him, "All this power will I give thee every whit, and the glory of them: for that is delivered to me, and to whosoever I will I give it:
And Jesus rebuked the devil, and he came out of him: and the child was healed even that same hour.
Then turned he about, and said unto Peter, "Come after me, Satan: thou offendest me, because thou savourest not Godly things, but worldly things."
Then was Jesus led away of the spirit into wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, ran on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
and the devil that deceived them, was cast into a lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were and shall be tormented day and night for ever more.
But some of them said, "He casteth out devils by the power of Beelzebub, the chief of the devils."
and all the devils besought him saying, "Send us into the herd of swine, that we may enter into them."
even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders:
And when supper was ended, after that, the devil had put in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him.
And he carried him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down from hence.
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 seventy returned again with joy saying, Lord, even the very devils are subdued to us through thy name.
This wisdom descendeth not from above: but is earthy, and natural, and devilish.
For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is, and thou keepest my name and hast not denied my faith. And in my days Antipas was a faithful witness of mine, which was slain among you where Satan dwelleth.
And the devil took him up into a high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, even in the twinkling of an eye.
Then the devils besought him saying, "If thou cast us out, suffer us to go our way into the herd of swine."
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,
Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: And the herd took their course, and ran headlong into the lake, and were choked.
Now upon a time, when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan came also among them.
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Names » Of satan » The Devil
Pride » Characteristic of » The Devil
He may not be a young scholar, lest he swell and fall into the judgment of the evil speaker.
Salvation » Is deliverance from » The Devil
and hath spoiled rule and power, and hath made a show of them openly, and hath triumphed over them in his own person.
Forasmuch, then, as the children were partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part with them, for to put down through death him that had lordship over death: that is to say, the devil. And that he might deliver them which, through fear of death, all their life time were in danger of bondage.
Satan » The Devil
And he took the dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him a thousand years:
Then was Jesus led away of the spirit into wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
and was forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days ate he nothing: And when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
And the devil said unto him, "All this power will I give thee every whit, and the glory of them: for that is delivered to me, and to whosoever I will I give it:
Slander » Characteristic of » The Devil
And I heard a loud voice saying, "In heaven is now made salvation and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night:
The Devil » Character of » Fierce and cruel
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
As he yet was a coming, the fiend rent him, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him to his father.
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 see, a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he crieth, and he teareth him that he foameth again, and with much pain departeth he from him, when he hath rent him:
The Devil » The wicked » Are the children of
And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.
and the field is the world. And the children of the kingdom, they are the good seed. And the tares are the children of the wicked.
"O full of all subtlety and deceitfulness, and child of the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness: thou ceasest not to pervert the straight ways of the Lord.
The Devil » Saints » Tempted by
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent that I might have knowledge of your faith, lest haply the tempter had tempted you, and that our labour had been bestowed in vain.
The Devil » Works lying wonders
even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders:
For they are the spirits of devils working miracles, to go out unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God almighty.
The Devil » Character of » Deceitful
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.
The Devil » Opposes God's work
and therefore we would have come unto you, I Paul once and again: but Satan withstood us.
And he showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan stood at his righthand to resist him.
The Devil » The wicked » Possessed by
Then said Peter, "Ananias how is it that Satan hath filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lie unto the holy ghost, and keep away part of the price of the livelihood:
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,
Then entered Satan into Judas, whose surname was Iscariot, which was of the number of the twelve:
The Devil » The apostacy is of
The spirit speaketh evidently that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall give heed unto spirits of error,
even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders:
The Devil » Saints » Overcome
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.
And I heard a loud voice saying, "In heaven is now made salvation and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night: And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.
The Devil » Hinders the gospel
Whosoever heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the evil man, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. And this is he which was sown by the wayside.
in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God.
The Devil » The author of the fall » Ge 3:1
The Devil » Character of » Subtle
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.
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » Completed by his death
Forasmuch, then, as the children were partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part with them, for to put down through death him that had lordship over death: that is to say, the devil.
and hath spoiled rule and power, and hath made a show of them openly, and hath triumphed over them in his own person.
The Devil » Character of » Powerful
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.
The Devil » The wicked » Ensnared by
that they may come to themselves again out of the snare of the devil, which are now taken of him at his will.
He must also be well reported of among them which are without forth, lest he fall into rebuke, and into the snare of the evil speaker.
The Devil » Compared to » A sower of tares
But he said to them, 'The envious man hath done this.' Then the servants said unto him, 'Wilt thou then that we go and weed them out?'
But while men slept, there came his foe, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
The Devil » Perverts the scripture
and said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, 'He shall give his angels charge over thee: and with their hands they shall hold thee up, that thou dash not thy foot against a stone.'"
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.
The Devil » Shall be condemned at the judgment
and the devil that deceived them, was cast into a lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were and shall be tormented day and night for ever more.
The angels also, which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day:
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » In empowering his disciples to cast out
And he called his twelve disciples unto him, and gave them power over all unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sicknesses, and all manner of diseases.
And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name they shall cast out devils, and shall speak with new tongues,
The Devil » Sinned against God
He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth since the beginning. But for this cause appeared the son of God, even to destroy the works of the devil.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down into hell, and delivered them in chains of darkness, to be kept unto judgement;
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » In casting out the spirits of
And he said unto them, "Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and heal the people today and tomorrow, and the third day I make an end.
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt, the kingdom of God is come upon you.
The Devil » Character of » Presumptuous
Now upon a time, when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan came also among them.
Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, 'He shall give his angels charge over thee: and with their hands they shall hold thee up, that thou dash not thy foot against a stone.'"
The Devil » Saints » Should resist
Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
whom resist, steadfast in the faith, remembering that ye do but fulfill the same afflictions which are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.
The Devil » Cast down to hell
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down into hell, and delivered them in chains of darkness, to be kept unto judgement;
The angels also, which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day:
The Devil » Saints » Afflicted by, only as God permits
And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD.
Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life. But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face." Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Lo, there hast thou him in thy power, but spare his life." read more.
So went Satan forth from the LORD, and smote Job with marvelous sore boils, from the sole of the foot unto his crown;
The Devil » Assumes the form of an angel of light
And no marvel, for Satan himself is changed into the fashion of an angel of light.
The Devil » Saints » Should be watchful against
The Devil » The wicked » Blinded by
in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God.
The Devil » Saints » Should be armed against
Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil. 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. For this cause, take unto you the armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand perfect in all things. read more.
Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and shod with shoes prepared by the gospel of peace. Above all, take to you the shield of faith, wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
The Devil » Character of » Malignant
Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.
The Devil » The wicked » Deceived by
Then came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will deceive him.' And the LORD said, 'Wherewith?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouths of all Prophets.' And the LORD said, 'Thou shalt deceive him and also prevail, go forth and do even so.'
The Devil » The wicked » Turn aside after
The Devil » The wicked » Troubled by
But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul; and an evil spirit, sent of the LORD, vexed him.
The Devil » Tempted Christ
Then came to him the tempter, and said, "If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread." He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'" Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, read more.
and said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, 'He shall give his angels charge over thee: and with their hands they shall hold thee up, that thou dash not thy foot against a stone.'" And Jesus said to him, "It is written also, 'Thou shalt not tempt thy Lord God.'" The devil took him up again and led him into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and all the glory of them; and said to him, "All these will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me." Then said Jesus unto him, "Depart, Satan: For it is written, 'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve.'"
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » Illustrated
When a strong man, armed, watcheth his house; That he possesseth, is in peace. But when a stronger than he cometh upon him, and overcometh him: he taketh from him, his harness, wherein he trusted, and divideth his goods.
The Devil » Character of » Proud
He may not be a young scholar, lest he swell and fall into the judgment of the evil speaker.
The Devil » The wicked » Punished, together with
Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
The Devil » Everlasting fire is prepared for
Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » In resisting his temptations
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » Predicted
Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."
The Devil » Compared to » Fowls
The Devil » Saints » Shall finally triumph over
The God of peace tread Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
The Devil » Character of » Wicked
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.
The Devil » Compared to » A roaring lion
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
The Devil » Christ triumphing over » In destroying the works of
He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth since the beginning. But for this cause appeared the son of God, even to destroy the works of the devil.
The Devil » Compared to » A wolf
An hired servant which is not the shepherd, neither the sheep are his own, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flyeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
The Devil » Saints » Sifted by
And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired you, to sift you, as it were wheat:
The Devil » Cast out of heaven
The Devil » Compared to
For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.
The Devil » Character of » Cowardly
Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
The Devil » The wicked » Do the lusts of
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.
Truth » Of God » Is denied by » The Devil
Then said the serpent unto the woman, "Tush, ye shall not die: but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."
the Truth of God » Is denied by » The Devil
Then said the serpent unto the woman, "Tush, ye shall not die: but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."
War » Figurative » Is against » The Devil
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."
Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Warfare of saints » Is against » The Devil
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."
Submit yourselves to God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Topics on The Devil
Children Of The Devil
Acts 13:10"O full of all subtlety and deceitfulness, and child of the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness: thou ceasest not to pervert the straight ways of the Lord.
Man's Authority Over The Devil
Mark 3:15And that they might have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils.
The Devil Tempting People
2 Corinthians 11:3But 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.
Worshipping The Devil
Matthew 4:9and said to him, "All these will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me."
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