Bible Verses about “casting out demons”
The Bible contains 39 verses about casting out demons across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
“Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
“Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you 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, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.”
“with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:”
“and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;”
“above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.”
“Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,”
“Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
“Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.”
“Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.”
“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.”
“and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.”
“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,”
“Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.”
“It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.”
“She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour.”
“Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!"”
“they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."”
“These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;”
“But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.”
“Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.”
“Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."”
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
“The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.”
“The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"”
“Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"”
“But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."”
“There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.”
“In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,”
“saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"”
“Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.”
“He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."”
“The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"”
“John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us."”