'Demon' in the Bible

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, for the satyrs (goat demons) and calves (idols) which he had made.

"At that time," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "I will eliminate the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered anymore. I will also force both prophet and demon to leave the land.

Then the news about Him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to Him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And He healed them.

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick,

When He had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Then the men who tended them fled. They went into the city and reported everything—especially what had happened to those who were demon-possessed.

Just as they were going out, a demon-possessed man who was unable to speak was brought to Him.

When the demon had been driven out, the man spoke. And the crowds were amazed, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Him. He healed him, so that the man could both speak and see.

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.”

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

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, "Why could not we expel the demon?"

When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed by the legion, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

The eyewitnesses described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and told about the pigs.

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Then He told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

In the synagogue was a man who had a demon. He screamed with a loud voice,

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet and come out of him!”And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered.

As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Now He was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute, spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had an illness caused by a spirit (demon). She was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.

“You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

The Jews responded to Him, “Aren’t we right in saying that You’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”

“I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor My Father and you dishonor Me.

Then the Jews said, “Now we know You have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death—ever!’

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].