Bible Verses about “demonic possession”

“¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

“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 every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”

“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:”

“¶ 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 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.”

“And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.”

“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.”

“¶ 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.”

“And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word [is] this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.”

“And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,”

“Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.”

“And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.› And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.”