Bible Verses about “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.”

“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,”

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:”

“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."”

“Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.”

“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.”