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Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, `You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
Genesis 3:4 — The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!
Job 1:6-10 — Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and (I.e. the adversary, and so throughout chs 1 and 2) Satan also came among them.
The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it."
The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil."
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
~"Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Job 1:11-12 — ~"But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face."
Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.
Matthew 4:1 — Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:8-11 — Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."
Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, `YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY."'
Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels came and {began} to minister to Him.
Matthew 12:24-27 — But when the Pharisees heard {this,} they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons."
And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.
~"If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
~"If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast {them} out? For this reason they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:28-29 — ~"But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
~"Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong {man?} And then he will plunder his house.
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. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
Matthew 13:38-40 — and the field is the world; and {as for} the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil {one;}
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
~"So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.
Matthew 25:41 — "Then He will also say to those on His left, `Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
Mark 3:21-25 — When His own (Or {kinsmen}) people heard {of this,} they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses."
The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."
And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
~"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
~"If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
Mark 3:26-27 — ~"If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!
~"But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
Luke 10:17-20 — The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."
And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
~"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.
~"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."
Luke 13:11-14 — And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness."
And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and {began} glorifying God.
But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, {began} saying to the crowd in response, "There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day."
Luke 13:15-16 — But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water {him?}
~"And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
Luke 22:31-32 — "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded {permission} to sift you like wheat;
but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."
John 8:38-42 — ~"I speak the things which I have seen with {My} Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from {your} father."
They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus *said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.
~"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
~"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
John 8:43-44 — ~"Why do you not understand what I am saying? {It is} because you cannot hear My word.
~"You are of {your} father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own {nature,} for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 12:31 — ~"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
John 13:2 — During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, {the son} of Simon, to betray Him,
John 13:27 — After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
John 16:8-11 — ~"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;
and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Acts 5:3 — But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back {some} of the price of the land?
Acts 13:8-10 — But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
But Saul, who was also {known as} Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,
and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
Romans 16:20 — The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
1 Corinthians 7:5 — Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Corinthians 2:10-11 — But one whom you forgive anything, I {forgive} also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, {I did it} for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 — And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 6:14-15 — Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 11:3 — But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity {of devotion} to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 — For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 — Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me--to keep me from exalting myself!
Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.
And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Ephesians 2:1-2 — And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 4:26-27 — BE ANGRY, AND {yet} DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
and do not give the devil an opportunity.
Ephesians 6:11-12 — Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual {forces} of wickedness in the heavenly {places.}
Ephesians 6:16 — in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil {one.}
Colossians 1:13 — For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Colossians 2:15 — When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
1 Thessalonians 2:18 — For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and {yet} Satan hindered us.
1 Timothy 3:7 — And he must have a good reputation with those outside {the church,} so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 5:14-15 — Therefore, I want younger {widows} to get married, bear children, keep house, {and} give the enemy no occasion for reproach;
for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
2 Timothy 2:24-26 — The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
and they may come to their senses {and escape} from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
Hebrews 2:14 — Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
James 4:7-8 — Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
1 Peter 5:8-9 — Be of sober {spirit,} be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
But resist him, firm in {your} faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
2 Peter 2:4 — For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;
1 John 3:8-10 — the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
1 John 5:18 — We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
Jude 1:6 — And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
Jude 1:9 — But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
Revelation 2:24 — ~`But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them--I place no other burden on you.
Revelation 9:11 — They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is (I.e. destruction) Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
Revelation 12:9 — And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 12:11-12 — ~"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
~"For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has {only} a short time."
Revelation 20:10 — And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
This topic is from the BibleSteak Team.
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