Evil spirits

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• Luke 10:19

  Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

• 1 John 4:1

  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

• Ephesians 6:10–12

  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

• 2 Corinthians 11:14

  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

• Romans 12:21

  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

• 1 John 3:8

  He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

• 1 John 4:1–3

  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

• Psalms 91:1–16

  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. …

• Luke 10:17

  And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

• John 10:10

  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

• Leviticus 19:28

  Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:3

  But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

• Revelation 12:9

  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

• Ephesians 6:12

  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

• Proverbs 19:23

  The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

• Jude 1:6

  And the angels 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.

• Daniel 10:12

  Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

• Mark 1:21–28

  And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, …

• James 4:7

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

• Matthew 12:43–44

  When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

• Matthew 6:1–33

  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: …

• 1 Timothy 4:1

  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

• 1 Samuel 16:14

  But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

• 1 Corinthians 6:19

  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

• 1 John 4:4

  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

• Isaiah 8:19–20

  And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

• Ephesians 6:11

  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

• John 3:16

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• Hebrews 2:14

  Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

• 2 Timothy 1:7

  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

• Matthew 12:22

  Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

• Matthew 12:43–45

  When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

• Matthew 6:33

  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

• Leviticus 19:31

  Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

• Jeremiah 23:29

  Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

• Zechariah 4:6

  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

• Luke 11:26

  Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

• Galatians 1:8

  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.