Bible Verses about “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].”

“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;”

“But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”

“¶ 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 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.”

“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.”