Bible Verses about “demon possession”

“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,”

“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.”

“The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.”

“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!"”

“He didn't allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."”

“He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.”

“The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."”

“Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"”

“When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.”

“Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.”

“He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.”

“He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."”

“At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.”

“For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"”

“Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.”

“All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."”

“He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.”

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

“When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,”

“and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."”

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

“Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.”

“They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.”

“They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.”

“When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.”

“He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,”

“because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.”

“Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.”

“They began to beg him to depart from their region.”

“As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.”

“Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.”

“Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.”

“"Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.”

“People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.”

“Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.”

“For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.”

“The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.”

“They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.”