Bible Verses About Demonic Possession
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for demonic possession, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,744 votes, led by Mark 5:1-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Demonic Possession
Mark 5:1-20139 votes
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Acts 16:16-18128 votes
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
James 4:7122 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:8107 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Ephesians 6:10-1895 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Luke 4:33-3688 votes
And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
Matthew 12:2286 votes
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 17:1879 votes
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
1 John 4:464 votes
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.
1 John 4:1-359 votes
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 6:1256 votes
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.
Matthew 4:2454 votes
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Luke 10:1747 votes
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Deuteronomy 18:9-1443 votes
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
1 John 4:140 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Psalms 106:3737 votes
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
Leviticus 17:736 votes
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Matthew 9:3235 votes
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
2 Corinthians 11:13-1533 votes
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:3-432 votes
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1 Timothy 4:132 votes
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 John 5:1832 votes
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Luke 22:3131 votes
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Colossians 2:830 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Matthew 9:32-3329 votes
As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
What does the Bible say about demonic possession?
Readers most often cite Mark 5:1-20 on the subject of demonic possession. Across 2,744 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 16:16-18, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.