100 Bible Verses about Cast Out Demons

Luke 10:17 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

Matthew 12:43-45 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”

Luke 9:1 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 9:38 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

Luke 8:2 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

James 4:7 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 16:17 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Mark 9:29 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

Acts 19:13-16 ESV / 34 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Matthew 8:31 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”

Matthew 8:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.

Matthew 10:1 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.

Luke 11:14 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.

Matthew 12:45 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”

1 John 4:4 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Luke 10:19 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Mark 3:22 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”

James 2:19 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

1 John 3:8 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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.

Mark 3:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 12:22 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

Acts 16:16-18 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

Matthew 10:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

Matthew 8:29 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Luke 4:41 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Mark 1:34 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Matthew 12:24 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 7:22 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

Jude 1:6 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

Acts 8:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

Mark 6:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

Matthew 12:28 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matthew 4:24 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.

Mark 9:25 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

Matthew 17:14-20 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. ...

Luke 4:33-36 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

Mark 16:9 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

Mark 5:1-20 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. ...

Matthew 8:28 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.

Deuteronomy 32:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:7-9 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Mark 6:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

Mark 5:1-43 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. ...

Matthew 12:43 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.

Revelation 20:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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 6:10-18 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 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. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 11:15 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,”

Luke 8:29 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.)

Mark 5:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.”

Matthew 12:27 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Psalm 106:37 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;

Ephesians 6:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

Luke 11:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Mark 1:27 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

Matthew 17:18 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.

Jude 1:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”

1 Corinthians 10:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

Luke 9:49 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.”

Luke 8:30 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him.

Mark 1:39 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

Mark 1:23-24 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 17:19-20 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 9:33 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”

Leviticus 17:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 Corinthians 13:8-10 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 6:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Acts 19:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”

Acts 16:1-40 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. ...

Acts 10:38 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

John 14:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

Luke 4:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

Matthew 8:1-34 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ...

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

1 John 4:1-3 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Colossians 2:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 6:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Acts 19:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Acts 19:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?”

Matthew 17:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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 9:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

1 John 4:1-4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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,

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

John 14:11-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Mark 16:16-18 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Mark 9:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”