Bible Verses about “demon possession”

“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].”

“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“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.”

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:”

“¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”

“And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;”

“Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”

“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”

“¶ 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.”

“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.”

“¶ 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:”

“And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.”

“The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.”

“Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, ‹Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.›”

“¶ 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.”

“So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.”

“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?”

“¶ 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.”

“And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.”

“And he said unto them, ‹Go.› And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.”

“And he asked him, ‹What› [is] ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.”

“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.”

“For he said unto him, ‹Come out of the man,› [thou] ‹unclean spirit.›”

“Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.”

“And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”

“And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all [men] did marvel.”

“And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.”

“But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,”

“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.”

“And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.”

“And they that fed the swine fled, and told [it] in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.”

“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.”

“¶ And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.”

“And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,”

“Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:”

“Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him.”

“And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.”

“And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”

“And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.”

“And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.”

“And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart out of their coasts.”

“‹Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.› And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.”

“Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.”

“And Jesus asked him, saying, ‹What is thy name?› And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.”

“(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)”

“Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.”

“And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.”