Bible Verses About Demons
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for demons, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 75,037 votes, led by James 2:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Demons
James 2:191,651 votes
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2 Peter 2:41,441 votes
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Matthew 12:43-451,347 votes
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
James 4:71,302 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 John 4:41,271 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.
Matthew 8:291,259 votes
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
1 Timothy 4:11,256 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 Peter 5:81,221 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Luke 8:21,206 votes
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
Matthew 12:221,135 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.
Mark 9:291,135 votes
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew 10:11,055 votes
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
Acts 19:13-161,047 votes
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Matthew 8:311,025 votes
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Ephesians 6:11-121,012 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Luke 10:17981 votes
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Revelation 20:10979 votes
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 12:7-9933 votes
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Mark 3:11931 votes
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
Jude 1:6929 votes
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Matthew 12:45927 votes
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
1 John 3:8883 votes
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 Corinthians 10:20882 votes
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
2 Corinthians 4:4866 votes
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Revelation 12:9828 votes
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
What does the Bible say about demons?
Readers most often cite James 2:19 on the subject of demons. Across 75,037 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Peter 2:4, Matthew 12:43-45, James 4:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.