What does the Bible say about devil is real?
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The Bible teaches that the devil is a real, personal spiritual enemy who opposes God, deceives people, and seeks their ruin, yet remains under God’s sovereign authority and is decisively defeated by Christ. Scripture calls believers to be watchful because the devil prowls like a roaring lion, and to resist him by standing firm in faith (1 Peter 5:8; James 4:7). He is described as a liar and deceiver who holds the world in darkness (John 8:44; Revelation 12:9; 1 John 5:19). But Jesus came to destroy the devil’s works, and believers belong to the One who is greater than the evil one (1 John 3:8; 4:4). God will finally crush Satan, so Christians may live with sober vigilance and confident hope (Romans 16:20).
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- 1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- James 4:7
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- 1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
- Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- 1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
- John 8:44
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 doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Romans 16:20
And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- John 10:10
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
- Romans 13:1
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
- 1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
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