Top 30 Bible Verses about the Devil Can Cite Scripture for His Purpose

And said to Him, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you.’

And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world.

Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.

The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

And that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

Having disarmed the principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

In which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience.

And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.

The devil is a liar and the father of lies.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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