Bible Verses About The Devil
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the devil, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,162 votes, led by 1 Peter 5:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Devil
1 Peter 5:8104 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
2 Corinthians 11:1485 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
1 John 3:880 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.
John 10:1052 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.
James 4:752 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ephesians 6:11-1241 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
James 2:1937 votes
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Revelation 21:834 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 12:933 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.
John 8:4428 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.
Ephesians 6:1127 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Romans 16:2023 votes
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
2 Peter 2:423 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;
1 Corinthians 10:1322 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 7:521 votes
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Ephesians 6:1221 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.
Psalms 119:13320 votes
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Matthew 6:1320 votes
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Hebrews 2:1420 votes
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Job 1:1219 votes
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
Ephesians 4:26-2719 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 6:1319 votes
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Colossians 1:13-1419 votes
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Job 1:1-12:2518 votes
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Matthew 6:1-13:5818 votes
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
What does the Bible say about the devil?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 5:8 on the subject of the devil. Across 1,162 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 11:14, 1 John 3:8, John 10:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.