60+ Bible Quotes About The Devil

Discover the profound insights into the spiritual battle between good and evil with our curated list of Bible quotes about the devil. These scriptures, spanning from the cunning serpent in Genesis to the dramatic revelations in Revelation, provide a comprehensive view of Satan’s role in the biblical narrative.

Ideal for Christians, religious scholars, or the spiritually curious, these verses explore themes of temptation, spiritual warfare, and the triumph of good over evil.

Bible Quotes About The Devil

Enhance your understanding of the Bible’s teachings on the devil and his influence through these thought provoking and enlightening passages.

1. 1 Chronicles 21:1 – “Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.”
2. 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 – “No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.”
3. 1 Corinthians 11:14 – “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”
4. 1 Corinthians 5:5 – “You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.”
5. 1 Corinthians 7:5 – “Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
6. 1 John 2:13-14 – “I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”
7. 1 John 3:10 – “By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.”
8. 1 John 3:12 – “Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.”
9. 1 John 3:8 – “The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.”
10. 1 John 3:8 – “The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.”
11. 1 John 5:18 – “We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.”
12. 1 John 5:19 – “We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.”
13. 1 Peter 5:8 – “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
14. 1 Peter 5:9 – “Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 – “Because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us.”
16. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 – “For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.”
17. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 – “For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.”
18. 1 Timothy 1:20 – “Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.”
19. 1 Timothy 3:6-7 – “He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.”
20. 1 Timothy 4:1 – “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.”
21. 1 Timothy 5:14-15 – “So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander. Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.”
22. 2 Corinthians 11:14 – “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”
23. 2 Corinthians 11:3 – “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”
24. 2 Corinthians 12:7 – “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.”
25. 2 Corinthians 2:11 – “So that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.”
26. 2 Corinthians 4:4 – “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
27. 2 Corinthians 6:15 – “What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?”
28. 2 Peter 2:4 – “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment.”
29. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 – “The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie.”
30. 2 Timothy 2:26 – “and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.”
31. 2 Timothy 4:18 – “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
32. Acts 10:38 – “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.”
33. Acts 13:10 – “and said, ‘You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?'”
34. Acts 26:18 – “to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.”
35. Acts 5:3 – “Then Peter said, ‘Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?'”
36. Ephesians 2:2 – “In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.”
37. Ephesians 4:27 – “And give no opportunity to the devil.”
38. Ephesians 5:11 – “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.”
39. Ephesians 6:11-12 – “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
40. Ephesians 6:12 – “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
41. Ephesians 6:13 – “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.”
42. Ephesians 6:16 – “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
43. Ezekiel 28:15 – “You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till unrighteousness was found in you.”
44. Ezekiel 28:17 – “Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.”
45. Genesis 3:1 – “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.”
46. Genesis 3:4-5 – “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
47. Hebrews 2:14 – “That through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.”
48. Isaiah 14:12 – “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!”
49. James 2:19 – “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”
50. James 3:15 – “This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.”
51. James 4:7 – “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
52. Job 1:6 – “One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.”
53. Job 1:6-7 – “One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’ Satan answered the Lord, ‘From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.'”
54. Job 1:9-11 – “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.”
55. Job 2:1-2 – “On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.”
56. John 10:10 – “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
57. John 12:31 – “Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.”
58. John 13:2 – “During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him.”
59. John 13:27 – “As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, ‘What you are about to do, do quickly.'”
60. John 14:30 – “I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming.”
61. John 8:44 – “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.”
62. Jude 1:6 – “And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day.”
63. Jude 1:9 – “But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you!'”
64. Luke 10:18 – “And he said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.'”
65. Luke 11:18 – “If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.”
66. Luke 13:16 – “Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
67. Luke 22:3 – “Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.”
68. Luke 22:31 – “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat.”
69. Luke 22:53 – “Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”
70. Luke 4:13 – “And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.”
71. Luke 4:2 – “where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.”
72. Luke 4:5-7 – “And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, ‘To you I will give all this authority and their glory.'”
73. Luke 4:8 – “Jesus answered, ‘It is written: Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'”
74. Luke 8:12 – “Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.”
75. Mark 1:13 – “And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan.”
76. Mark 1:34 – “and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.”
77. Mark 3:22-26 – “And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.'”
78. Mark 3:23-26 – “And he called them to him and said to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan?'”
79. Mark 4:15 – “And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.”
80. Mark 8:33 – “But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ‘Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.'”
81. Matthew 12:26 – “And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?”
82. Matthew 12:43-45 – “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.”
83. Matthew 13:19 – “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.”
84. Matthew 16:23 – “Jesus turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.'”
85. Matthew 25:41 – “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'”
86. Matthew 4:1 – “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
87. Matthew 4:10 – “Then Jesus said to him, ‘Be gone, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'”
88. Matthew 4:11 – “Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.”
89. Matthew 4:3 – “The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.'”
90. Matthew 4:5-6 – “Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.”
91. Matthew 4:8-9 – “Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.”
92. Matthew 6:13 – “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”
93. Revelation 12:10 – “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.'”
94. Revelation 12:12 – “Therefore rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath.”
95. Revelation 12:17 – “Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring – those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.”
96. Revelation 12:7-9 – “Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.”
97. Revelation 12:9 – “And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.”
98. Revelation 13:2 – “And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.”
99. Revelation 13:4 – “And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast.”
100. Revelation 16:14 – “For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.”
101. Revelation 18:2 – “And he called out with a mighty voice, ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons.'”
102. Revelation 2:10 – “Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.”
103. Revelation 2:13 – “I know where you live – where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name.”
104. Revelation 2:24 – “Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you.'”
105. Revelation 20:10 – “And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
106. Revelation 20:2 – “And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.”
107. Revelation 20:7 – “And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison.”
108. Revelation 3:9 – “I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars – I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.”
109. Revelation 9:11 – “They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).”
110. Romans 16:20 – “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.”
111. Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
112. Zechariah 3:1 – “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.”

Conclusion

In conclusion, our exploration of Bible quotes about the devil reveals a rich collection of spiritual lessons and insights. These scriptures provide a profound perspective on the constant battle between good and evil, offering guidance and wisdom for believers and scholars alike.

As we reflect on these verses, we gain a deeper understanding of the devil’s role in the biblical narrative and the power of faith in overcoming temptation and adversity.If seeking spiritual growth, academic research, or personal understanding, these Bible quotes about the devil serve as a valuable resource. They remind us of the enduring relevance of the Bible’s teachings in our modern world and the importance of staying vigilant in our spiritual journey.

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