What Does the Bible Say About Battling Demons?

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Colossians 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

1 John 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

Romans 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;

Acts 4:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Luke 10:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

Luke 9:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,

Mark 16:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

Matthew 26:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Daniel 11:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”

Leviticus 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, ...

27 Bible Verses about Battling Demons

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 9:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 26:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Daniel 11:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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27 Bible Verses about Battling Demons

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1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 4:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 10:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 9:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 26:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Daniel 11:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes