Bible Verses about “unclean spirits”

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”

“¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”

“For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”

“But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.”

“For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”

“Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

“¶ 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:”

“Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”

“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.”

“Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.”

“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.›”

“Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.”

“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”

“‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.›”

“¶ 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.”

“Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.”

“‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.›”

“‹Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth› [it] ‹empty, swept, and garnished.›”

“As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, ‹Be not afraid, only believe.›”

“‹Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last› [state] ‹of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.›”

“This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.”

“These things command and teach.”

“When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed all that were sick:”

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

“¶ If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.”

“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 had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,”

“And he said unto her, ‹Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.›”

“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.”

“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.”

“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 a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,”

“¶ 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 when he cometh, he findeth› [it] ‹swept and garnished.›”