What Does the Bible Say About Spiritual Beings?

Jude 1:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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—

1 Peter 1:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

James 2:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 5 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.

Revelation 22:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Revelation 7:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Psalm 103:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!

Revelation 12:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.

Revelation 12:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”

Revelation 8:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

Revelation 5:8-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” ...

Hebrews 1:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.”

2 Timothy 2:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

1 Corinthians 11:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

1 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

Acts 27:23-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship, and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

Acts 12:5-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. ...

Acts 10:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.”

Acts 8:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.

Luke 16:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,

Luke 8:28-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 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.) Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.

Luke 2:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

Matthew 8:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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?”

Isaiah 6:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Job 38:6-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

Job 1:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Revelation 5:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

Jude 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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 Peter 3:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

James 5:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Hebrews 12:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 8:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Psalm 148:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!

Psalm 148:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!

Job 38:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

47 Bible Verses about Spiritual Beings

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

1 Peter 1:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 7:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 24:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 11:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 27:23-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Luke 16:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:28-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 2:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 8:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Job 38:6-7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Genesis 1:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 5:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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