Don’t Let the Devil Pull You Down

We Fight Against Spirits

 

Luke 10:19 ESV / 18 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.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 14 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.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

 

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.

James 4:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

 

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

Matthew 10:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

 

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.

Jude 1:6 ESV / 10 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—

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

 

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

John 3:16 ESV / 10 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.

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

1 John 3:8 ESV / 8 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.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

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

James 2:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

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

Ephesians 6:1-24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, ...

Ephesians 2:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

Romans 12:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

John 14:30 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,

Luke 10:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

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

1 Samuel 16:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

 

Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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 9:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

Jude 1:9 ESV / 6 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.”

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 6 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,

Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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,

Colossians 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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

Ephesians 6:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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.

Ephesians 6:10-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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.

Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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, ...

Ephesians 4:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

And give no opportunity to the devil.

Ephesians 1:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Galatians 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

Romans 12:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Romans 8:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

Romans 8:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Acts 19:13-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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.

John 16:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

John 14:6 ESV / 6 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 12:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Mark 16:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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

Mark 6:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

 

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