30 Important Bible Verses About Rebuking Spirits

Matthew 17:18 – Rebuking a Spirit of Seizure

“Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.”

Mark 9:25 – Rebuking a Spirit of Deafness and Muteness

“When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. ‘You deaf and mute spirit,’ he said, ‘I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.'”

Mark 1:25-26 – Rebuking an Unclean Spirit

“‘Be quiet!’ said Jesus sternly. ‘Come out of him!’ The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.”

Acts 16:18 – Rebuking a Spirit of Divination

“She kept this up for many days. Finally, Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, ‘In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to come out of her!’ At that moment the spirit left her.”

Matthew 8:16 – Rebuking Spirits and Healing the Sick

“When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.”

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Luke 9:42 – Rebuking a Spirit of Convulsions

“Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.”

James 4:7 – Rebuking and Resisting Evil Spirits

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Matthew 10:1 – Authority to Rebuke Unclean Spirits

“Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.”

Mark 9:38-39 – Rebuking Spirits in Jesus’ Name

“‘Teacher,’ said John, ‘we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.’ ‘Do not stop him,’ Jesus said. ‘For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me.'”

1 Timothy 4:1 – Rebuking Deceptive Spirits

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.”

Mark 9:17-18 – Rebuking a Spirit of Dumbness

“A man in the crowd answered, ‘Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.'”

Mark 3:15 – Authority to Rebuke Unclean Spirits

“And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, to send them out to preach and have authority to drive out demons.”

2 Timothy 1:7 – God’s Spirit of Power, Love, and Self-Control

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.”

Matthew 12:43 – Rebuking an Evil Spirit That Returns

“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.'”

1 Peter 5:8-9 – Standing Against the Devil

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 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.”

Acts 8:7 – Rebuking Unclean Spirits

“For impure spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.”

Matthew 10:8 – Driving Out Unclean Spirits

“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.”

1 John 4:1 – Testing the Spirits

“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

Acts 19:12 – Handkerchiefs That Cast Out Evil Spirits

“So that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured, and the evil spirits left them.”

Mark 3:22 – Rebuking By the Prince of Demons

“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.'”

Mark 5:8-13 – Rebuking a Legion of Spirits

“For Jesus had said to him, ‘Come out of this man, you impure spirit!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘My name is Legion,’ he replied, ‘for we are many.’ And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.”

Matthew 8:32-33 – Rebuking Spirits into a Herd

“He said to them, ‘Go!’ So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.”

Acts 5:16 – Rebuking Unclean Spirits for Healing

“Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.”

Acts 16:16 – Rebuking a Spirit of Fortune-Telling

“Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.”

Ephesians 6:10-18 – The Armor of God

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”

Acts 8:9-11 – Rebuking a Spirit of Sorcery

“Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, ‘This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.'”

Acts 19:13-16 – Rebuking Spirits Without Authority

“Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, ‘In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.’ Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.”

Acts 8:18-23 – Rebuking a Spirit of Envy

“When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, ‘Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.’ Peter answered: ‘May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!'”

Luke 10:17 – Rebuking Evil Spirits with Joy

“The seventy-two returned with joy and said, ‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.'”

Acts 8:9-13 – Rebuking a Spirit of Magic

“Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, ‘This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.'”

Luke 9:49-50 – Rebuking an Unauthorized Exorcist

“‘Master,’ said John, ‘we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him because he is not one of us.’ ‘Do not stop him,’ Jesus said, ‘for whoever is not against you is for you.'”

Ephesians 4:27 – Not Giving the Devil a Foothold

“And do not give the devil a foothold.”

1 Corinthians 12:10 – Discerning Between Spirits

“To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.”

Mark 1:39 – Rebuking Spirits in Galilee

“So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.”

Luke 11:20-22 – Rebuking a Strong Man’s Possessions

“But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22 – Abstaining from Every Form of Evil

“Abstain from every form of evil.”

Matthew 10:8 – Rebuking Spirits and Healing the Sick

“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.”

Mark 1:34 – Rebuking Many Demons

“He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.”

1 Corinthians 10:21-22 – Not Sharing in 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. Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?”

Mark 5:12-13 – Rebuking a Legion of Spirits

“The demons begged Jesus, ‘Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.’ He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.”

2 Corinthians 4:4 – The Veil of the God of This Age

“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

Acts 16:16-18 – Rebuking a Spirit of Divination

“Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, ‘These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.’ She kept this up for many days. Finally, Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, ‘In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to come out of her!’ At that moment the spirit left her.”

Acts 13:6-12 – Rebuking a Magician of Perversion

“They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas 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?'”

2 Corinthians 11:14-15 – Satan Masquerading as an Angel of Light

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.”

Acts 10:38 – Jesus Anointed by God with the Holy Spirit and Power

“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.”

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