Now the serpent
was more subtil
than any beast
of the field
which the LORD God
had made.
And he
said
unto the woman,
Yea,
hath
God said,
Ye shall not eat
of every tree
of the garden?
And the serpent
said
unto the woman,
Ye shall not surely die:
For God
doth know
that in the day
ye eat thereof,
then your eyes
shall be opened,
and
ye shall be
as gods,
knowing good
and evil.
And the LORD God
said
unto the serpent,
Because
thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle,
and above every beast
of the field;
upon thy belly
shalt
thou go,
and dust
shalt thou
eat all the days
of thy life:
And
I will put enmity
between thee
and the woman,
and between thy
seed
and her seed;
it shall bruise
thy head,
and
thou shalt bruise
his heel.
But
the Spirit
of the LORD
departed
from Saul,
and an evil spirit
from the LORD
troubled him.
But the sons
of Belial
shall be
all of them
as thorns
thrust away,
because
they cannot be taken
with hands:
But the man
that shall touch them
must be fenced
with iron
and the staff
of a spear;
and
they shall be utterly burned
with fire
in the same place.
And the LORD
said unto him,
Wherewith?
And he said,
I will go forth,
and I
will be
a lying spirit
in the mouth
of all
his prophets.
And he said,
Thou shalt persude him,
and prevail also:
go forth,
and do so.
And Satan
stood up
against Israel,
and provoked David
to number Israel.
Now there was
a day
when the sons
of God
came
to present themselves
before the LORD,
and Satan
came also among them.
And the LORD
said
unto Satan,
Whence comest thou?
Then Satan
answered the LORD,
and said,
From
going
to and fro
in the earth,
and
from walking up
and down in it.
Then Satan
answered the LORD,
and said,
Doth Job
fear God
for nought?
Hast not
thou made
an hedge
about him,
and
about his house,
and about all
that
he hath
on every side?
thou hast blessed
the work
of his hands,
and his substance
is increased
in the land.
But put forth
thine hand now,
and touch all that
he hath,
and he
will curse
thee to thy face.
And the LORD
said
unto Satan, Behold,
all that
he hath
is in thy power;
only upon himself
put not
forth thine hand.
So Satan
went forth from the presence
of the LORD.
And the LORD
said
unto Satan,
Hast
thou considered
my servant Job,
that there is none like him
in the earth,
a perfect
and an upright man,
one that
feareth God,
and escheweth evil?
and still
he holdeth
fast
his integrity,
although thou
movedst me against him,
to destroy him
without cause.
And Satan
answered the LORD,
and said,
Skin for skin,
yea,
all
that a man
hath
will
he give
for his life.
But put forth
thine hand now,
and touch
his bone
and his flesh,
and he
will curse
thee to thy face.
And the LORD
said
unto Satan, Behold,
he is in thine hand;
but save
his life.
So went Satan
forth from the presence
of the LORD,
and smote Job
with sore boils
from the sole
of his foot
unto his crown.
The earth
is given
into the hand
of the wicked:
he covereth
the faces
of the judges
thereof;
if not,
where,
and who
is he?
Set
thou a wicked man
over him:
and let
Satan
stand
at his right hand.
And
he shewed me
Joshua the high priest
standing
before the angel
of the LORD,
and Satan
standing
at his right
hand
to resist him.
And the LORD
said
unto Satan,
The LORD
rebuke thee,
O Satan;
even the LORD that
hath chosen Jerusalem
rebuke thee:
is not
this a brand
plucked
out of the fire?
Then was
Jesus
led up
of the spirit
into the wilderness
to be tempted
of the devil.
And
when
he had fasted
forty days
and forty nights,
he was afterward
an hungred.
And
when the tempter
came
to him,
he said,
If thou
be the Son
of God,
command
that these
stones be made bread.
But he
answered
and said,
It is written,
Man shall not live
by bread alone,
but by every
word that
proceedeth
out of the mouth
of God.
Then the devil
taketh him up
into the holy city,
and setteth him
on a pinnacle
of the temple,
And
saith unto him,
If thou
be the Son
of God,
cast thyself down:
for it
is written,
He shall give
his angels
charge concerning thee:
and
in their hands
they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time
thou dash thy
foot
against a stone.
Jesus
said unto him,
It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God.
Again,
the devil
taketh him up
into an exceeding high mountain,
and sheweth him all
the kingdoms
of the world,
and the glory
of them;
And
saith unto him,
All these things
will
I give thee,
if thou
wilt fall down
and worship me.
Then saith Jesus
unto him,
Get thee hence,
Satan:
for it
is written,
Thou
shalt worship
the Lord thy God,
and him
only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil
leaveth him,
and,
behold,
angels
came
and
ministered unto him.
But
when the Pharisees
heard it,
they said,
This fellow
doth not cast
out devils,
but by Beelzebub
the prince
of the devils.
Or else
how can
one enter
into a strong man's house,
and spoil
his goods,
except he
first bind
the strong man?
and
then
he will spoil
his house.
When the unclean spirit
is gone
out of a man,
he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest,
and findeth none.
When any one heareth
the word
of the kingdom,
and understandeth it not,
then cometh the wicked one,
and catcheth away
that which
was sown
in his heart.
This is
he which received
seed
by the way side.
Let both
grow together until
the harvest:
and in the time
of harvest
I will say
to the reapers,
Gather
ye together first
the tares,
and bind them
in bundles
to burn them:
but gather
the wheat
into my barn.
The field
is the world;
the good seed
are the children
of the kingdom;
but the tares
are the children
of the wicked one;
The enemy that
sowed them
is the devil;
the harvest
is the end
of the world;
and the reapers
are the angels.
And
I say also
unto thee,
That thou art Peter,
and
upon this rock
I will build
my church;
and the gates
of hell
shall not prevail
against it.
Then shall
he say also
unto them
on the left hand,
Depart from me,
ye cursed,
into everlasting fire,
prepared
for the devil
and his angels:
And the scribes which
came down
from Jerusalem said,
He hath Beelzebub,
and by the prince
of the devils
casteth he out devils.
And
he called them unto him,
and said
unto them
in parables,
How can
Satan cast
out Satan?
And
if a kingdom
be divided
against itself,
that kingdom
cannot stand.
And
if a house
be divided
against itself,
that house
cannot stand.
And
if Satan
rise up
against himself,
and be divided,
he cannot stand,
but hath
an end.
Being forty days
tempted
of the devil.
And in those days
he did eat nothing:
and
when
they were ended,
he afterward hungered.
And the devil
said unto him,
All this power
will
I give thee,
and the glory
of them:
for that is delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever
I will
I give it.
And
he said unto them,
I beheld
Satan
as lightning
fall
from heaven.
But some of them said,
He casteth out devils
through Beelzebub
the chief
of the devils.
When
a strong man
armed
keepeth his palace,
his goods
are in peace:
But
when a stronger than
he shall come upon him,
and overcome him,
he taketh from him all
his armour
wherein he trusted,
and divideth his spoils.
And ought not
this woman,
being a daughter
of Abraham,
whom Satan
hath bound,
lo,
these eighteen years,
be loosed
from this bond
on the sabbath day?
And the Lord said,
Simon, Simon,
behold,
Satan
hath desired
to have you,
that he
may sift you
as wheat:
When
I was daily
with you
in the temple,
ye stretched
forth no hands
against me:
but this
is your hour,
and the power
of darkness.
I speak
that which
I have seen
with my Father:
and ye
do
that which
ye have seen
with your father.
Ye do
the deeds
of your father.
Then said
they to him,
We be not born
of fornication;
we have
one Father,
even God.
Ye are of your father
the devil,
and the lusts
of your father
ye will do.
He was a murderer
from the beginning,
and abode
not in the truth,
because there is no truth
in him.
When
he speaketh a lie,
he speaketh of his own:
for he
is a liar,
and the father of it.
Now is the judgment
of this world:
now shall
the prince
of this world
be cast out.
And supper
being ended,
the devil
having now put
into the heart
of Judas Iscariot,
Simon's son,
to betray him;
And after the sop
Satan
entered into him.
Then said Jesus
unto him,
That thou doest,
do quickly.
Hereafter
I will not talk much
with you:
for the prince
of this world cometh,
and hath nothing in me.
Of judgment,
because the prince
of this world
is judged.
But Peter said,
Ananias,
why hath
Satan
filled
thine heart
to lie
to the Holy Ghost,
and to keep
back part
of the price
of the land?
And said,
O full of all subtilty
and all mischief,
thou child
of the devil,
thou enemy
of all righteousness,
wilt thou
not cease
to pervert the right ways
of the Lord?
To open their eyes,
and
to turn them
from darkness
to light,
and
from the power
of Satan
unto God,
that they
may receive forgiveness
of sins,
and inheritance
among them which
are sanctified
by faith
that is in me.
And
the God
of peace
shall bruise Satan
under your feet shortly.
The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you.
Amen.
Defraud
ye not
one the other,
except it
be
with consent
for a time,
that ye
may give yourselves
to fasting
and prayer;
and come
together again,
that Satan
tempt you
not for your incontinency.
Lest Satan
should get an advantage of us:
for we
are not ignorant
of his devices.
In whom
the god
of this world
hath blinded
the minds
of them
which believe not,
lest the light
of the glorious gospel
of Christ,
who is the image
of God,
should shine unto them.
And what concord
hath Christ
with Belial?
or what
part
hath
he that believeth
with an infidel?
But I fear,
lest
by any means,
as the serpent
beguiled Eve
through his subtilty,
so your minds
should be corrupted
from the simplicity
that is
in Christ.
And no marvel;
for Satan himself
is transformed
into an angel
of light.
Therefore it
is
no great thing
if his ministers
also be transformed
as the ministers
of righteousness;
whose end
shall be according to
their works.
And lest
I should be
exalted above
measure
through the abundance
of the revelations,
there was given
to me a thorn
in the flesh,
the messenger
of Satan
to buffet me,
lest
I should be
exalted above measure.
Wherein in time
past ye
walked according to
the course
of this world,
according to the prince
of the power
of the air,
the spirit that
now worketh
in the children
of disobedience:
Neither give
place
to the devil.
Put on the whole armour
of God,
that ye
may be able
to stand
against the wiles
of the devil.
For we
wrestle not
against flesh
and blood,
but against principalities,
against powers,
against the rulers
of the darkness
of this world,
against spiritual wickedness
in high places.
Wherefore
take
unto you
the whole armour
of God,
that ye
may be able
to withstand
in the evil day,
and having done all,
to stand.
Stand therefore,
having your loins girt about
with truth,
and having
on the breastplate
of righteousness;
And your feet shod
with the preparation
of the gospel
of peace;
Above all,
taking the shield
of faith,
wherewith
ye shall be able
to quench all
the fiery darts
of the wicked.
Who hath delivered us
from the power
of darkness,
and hath translated us
into the kingdom
of his dear Son:
And having spoiled principalities
and powers,
he made a
shew
of them openly,
triumphing
over them in it.
Wherefore
we would have come
unto you,
even I Paul,
once and again;
but Satan
hindered us.
For this cause,
when
I could no longer forbear,
I sent
to know your faith,
lest by some
means
the tempter
have tempted you,
and our labour
be in vain.
Even him,
whose coming
is after the working
of Satan
with all power
and signs
and lying wonders,
Of whom is Hymenaeus
and Alexander;
whom
I have delivered
unto Satan,
that they
may learn not
to blaspheme.
Not a novice,
lest
being lifted up
with pride
he fall
into the condemnation
of the devil.
Moreover he
must have
a good report
of them
which are without;
lest
he fall
into reproach
and the snare
of the devil.
For some
are already turned aside
after Satan.
And that
they may recover themselves
out of the snare
of the devil,
who are taken captive
by him
at his will.
Forasmuch
then as the children
are partakers
of flesh
and blood,
he also
himself likewise
took part
of the same;
that through death
he might destroy him
that
had the power
of death,
that is,
the devil;
Submit yourselves therefore
to God.
Resist the devil,
and
he will flee
from you.
Be sober,
be vigilant;
because your adversary
the devil,
as a roaring lion,
walketh about,
seeking whom
he may devour:
Whom resist stedfast
in the faith,
knowing that
the same afflictions
are accomplished
in your brethren
that are in the world.
For if God
spared not
the angels
that sinned,
but cast
them down
to hell,
and delivered them
into chains
of darkness,
to be reserved
unto judgment;
I write unto you,
fathers,
because
ye have known him
that is
from the beginning.
I write unto you,
young men,
because
ye have overcome
the wicked one.
I write unto you,
little children,
because
ye have known
the Father.
He that
committeth
sin
is of the devil;
for the devil
sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose
the Son
of God
was manifested,
that he
might destroy
the works
of the devil.
In this the children
of God
are manifest,
and the children
of the devil:
whosoever
doeth not
righteousness
is not of God,
neither he
that loveth not
his brother.
Not as Cain,
who was of that wicked one,
and slew his brother.
And wherefore slew
he him?
Because
his own works
were evil,
and his brother's righteous.
We know
that whosoever
is born
of God
sinneth not;
but he
that is begotten
of God
keepeth himself,
and
that wicked one
toucheth him not.
And the angels
which kept not
their first estate,
but left
their own habitation,
he hath reserved
in everlasting chains
under darkness
unto the judgment
of the great day.
Yet Michael
the archangel,
when contending
with the devil
he disputed
about the body
of Moses,
durst
not bring
against him a railing accusation,
but said,
The Lord rebuke thee.
I know thy works,
and tribulation,
and poverty,
(but thou art rich)
and I
know
the blasphemy
of them which
say
they are Jews,
and are not,
but are the synagogue
of Satan.
Fear none of those things which
thou shalt suffer:
behold,
the devil
shall cast
some of you
into prison,
that ye
may be tried;
and
ye shall have
tribulation ten days:
be thou faithful
unto death,
and I
will give
thee a crown
of life.
I know thy works,
and
where thou dwellest,
even
where Satan's seat is:
and
thou holdest
fast my name,
and hast not denied
my faith,
even in
those days
wherein Antipas
was
my faithful martyr,
who was slain
among you,
where Satan dwelleth.
But unto you
I say,
and unto the rest
in Thyatira,
as many
as have not this doctrine,
and which
have not known the depths
of Satan,
as they speak;
I will put
upon you none other burden.
Behold,
I will make them
of the synagogue
of Satan,
which say
they are Jews,
and are not,
but do lie;
behold,
I will make them
to come
and worship
before thy feet,
and to know
that
I have loved thee.
And they
had
a king
over them,
which is the angel
of the bottomless pit,
whose name
in the Hebrew tongue
is Abaddon,
but in the Greek tongue
hath his name Apollyon.
And there appeared
another wonder
in heaven;
and behold
a great red dragon,
having seven heads
and ten horns,
and seven crowns
upon his heads.
And the great dragon
was cast out,
that old serpent,
called the Devil,
and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out
into the earth,
and his angels
were cast out with him.
And
I heard
a loud voice
saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation,
and strength,
and the kingdom
of our God,
and the power
of his Christ:
for the accuser
of our brethren
is cast down,
which accused them
before our God
day and night.
And
they overcame him by the blood
of the Lamb,
and by the word
of their testimony;
and
they loved not
their lives
unto the death.
Therefore rejoice,
ye heavens,
and
ye that
dwell in them.
Woe to the inhabiters
of the earth
and of the sea!
for the devil
is come down
unto you,
having great wrath,
because
he knoweth that
he hath
but a short time.
And
I saw
an angel
come down
from heaven,
having the key
of the bottomless pit
and a great chain
in his hand.
And
he laid
hold on
the dragon,
that old serpent,
which is the Devil,
and Satan,
and bound him
a thousand years,
And cast him
into the bottomless pit,
and shut him up,
and set
a seal
upon him,
that he
should deceive
the nations no more,
till the thousand years
should be fulfilled:
and
after that
he must be loosed
a little season.
And
I saw thrones,
and
they
sat upon them,
and judgment
was given unto them:
and I
saw the souls
of them that
were beheaded
for the witness
of Jesus,
and for the word
of God,
and which
had not worshipped
the beast,
neither his image,
neither had received
his mark
upon their foreheads,
or in their hands;
and
they lived
and reigned
with Christ
a thousand years.
But the rest
of the dead
lived not again until
the thousand years
were finished.
This is the first resurrection.
Blessed
and holy
is
he that
hath
part
in the first resurrection:
on such
the second death
hath
no power,
but
they shall be priests
of God
and of Christ,
and shall reign
with him a thousand years.
And
when the thousand years
are expired,
Satan shall be loosed
out of his prison,
And shall
go out
to deceive the nations which
are in the four
quarters
of the earth,
Gog,
and Magog,
to gather
them together
to battle:
the number
of whom is
as the sand
of the sea.
And
they went up on the breadth
of the earth,
and compassed
the camp
of the saints about,
and the beloved city:
and fire
came down
from God
out of heaven,
and devoured them.
And the devil
that deceived them
was cast
into the lake
of fire
and brimstone,
where the beast
and the false prophet are,
and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever.