Bible Verses About Legions
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for legions, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 327 votes, led by Matthew 26:52-54. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Legions
Matthew 26:52-5434 votes
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Mark 5:926 votes
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Matthew 5:38-3920 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Matthew 26:5319 votes
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Luke 8:3019 votes
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
1 Timothy 5:819 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Mark 5:1518 votes
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Exodus 22:1-3117 votes
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Luke 10:2715 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 5:1-2014 votes
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Matthew 4:1-2513 votes
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
1 John 4:113 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.
Matthew 8:28-3412 votes
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Mark 5:712 votes
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
John 18:1-4012 votes
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6811 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Matthew 8:2911 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?
James 2:1911 votes
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Revelation 12:7-911 votes
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Genesis 1:110 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Mark 5:1310 votes
And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
What does the Bible say about legions?
Readers most often cite Matthew 26:52-54 on the subject of legions. Across 327 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 5:9, Matthew 5:38-39, Matthew 26:53. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.