33 Bible Verses about Satan, Resistance To

No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man's power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, And you who dwell therein! Woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has gone down to you in great fury, Because he knows that he has but little time."

and flung him into the bottomless pit, and shut and sealed it over him, so that he should seduce the nations no more, until the thousand years were completed. After that it is necessary to loose him for a little while.

Then Jesus was led up into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. And after he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he became hungry, So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."read more.
Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet of the temple, and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." "It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, and said to him, "All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me." "Begone, Satan!" answered Jesus, for it is written, "Thou must worship the Lord thy God, and Him only must thou serve." Then the devil left him, and behold! angels came and began ministering to him.

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, all the time tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during these days, and at the close of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God tell this stone to become bread."read more.
And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written that not by bread alone shall man live." And the devil led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in an instant of time, and the devil said to him. "To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. "If then you will worship me, it shall all be yours." "It is written," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and caused him to stand upon the Temple roof, and said to him. "If you really are the Son of God throw yourself down here; for it is written, "He shall give his angels charge of thee, to guard thee safely; "They will bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy food against a stone." "It has been said," replied Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy God." So, after exhausting on him every kind of temptation, the devil left him for a time.

And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it

For inasmuch as he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted.

So then ever be subject to God, Ever resist the devil and he will flee from you.

"Behold, I give you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. In no case shall anything do you harm.

Do not continue to present any part of your body to sin to be used as a weapon of unrighteousness. On the contrary, be presenting yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and the various parts of your bodies to be used as weapons of righteousness.

"Be angry and sin not"; let not the sun go down upon your anger. Give the devil no place.

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm. Therefore take up the panoply of God, so that when the evil day comes you may be able to withstand them, and having overthrown them all, to stand your ground.

Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, knowing well that the same afflictions are being accomplished in your brothers that are in the world.

Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have fully overcome the Evil One. I have written to you, little children, because you have learned to know the father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have learned to know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is abiding in you, and you have fully overcome the Evil One.

But the Lord is faithful; he will stablish you and guard you from the Evil One.

We know that whoever is a child of God is not habitually committing sin; but he who is God's child guards himself, and the Evil One never touches him.

I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.

"Simon, Simon," said the Lord, "behold, Satan has asked to have you all that he might sift you like wheat. "But I made supplication for you that your own faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned again, must strengthen your brothers."

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

Principalities and powers he disarmed, and openly displayed them as his trophies, when he triumphed over them in the cross.

Now is a judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be driven out.

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, And by the word of their testimony; And they loved not their life, even unto death.

that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend,

Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages; they shall pick up serpents, and if they drink any poison it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover."

Then the Seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord even the demons are subject to us in your name."

She persisted in this for many days, until Paul, worn out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her." In that very hour it came out of her.

For I am fully persuaded that neither death nor life, Neither angels nor principalities, nor powers, Neither the present world nor the world to come, Nor the powers of Nature, Nor height, nor depth, Nor any other created thing, Shall be able to separate us from the love of God Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I have fought in the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

He who has an ear, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat from the tree of life which is in the garden of God.

He who overcomes shall thus be clad in white raiment; and I will in no wise blot out his name from the book of life, and I will own his name before my Father, and before his angels.