Bible Verses About Demonic Spirits
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for demonic spirits, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,325 votes, led by Matthew 12:43-45. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Demonic Spirits
Matthew 12:43-4591 votes
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
1 Peter 5:887 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 John 4:475 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.
Ephesians 6:10-1870 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Revelation 16:1470 votes
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
John 8:4460 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Corinthians 11:1454 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Deuteronomy 18:9-1253 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.
2 Thessalonians 2:945 votes
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Acts 19:1942 votes
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
1 John 4:142 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.
Leviticus 19:3139 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Acts 8:9-1332 votes
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Romans 12:230 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
John 10:1029 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Hebrews 1:1429 votes
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Leviticus 20:627 votes
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
John 14:624 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Luke 16:19-3121 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Deuteronomy 18:9-1420 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.
Ezekiel 13:1820 votes
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Mark 13:2220 votes
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Acts 19:17-1919 votes
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Ephesians 5:1819 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Revelation 16:1319 votes
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
What does the Bible say about demonic spirits?
Readers most often cite Matthew 12:43-45 on the subject of demonic spirits. Across 1,325 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 5:8, 1 John 4:4, Ephesians 6:10-18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.