Devil Descriptions
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by Merrill F. Unger

Possible Biblical references to Satan:

  • Genesis 3:1-14 · He was disguised under the Edenic serpent
  • Genesis 3:15 · He is the serpent's seed
  • 1 Chronicles 21:1 · Satan stands against Israel 
  • Job 1:7-2:10 · He accused and afflicted Job
  • Isaiah 14:12 · He was Lucifer, son of the morning before the fall (This verse is erroneously ascribed to Satan. It actually refers to the king of Babylon, see v. 3)
  • Ezekiel 28:14 · He was the anointed cherub that covers (This verse also is erroneously ascribed to Satan. It actually refers to the king of Tyre, see v. 1)
  • Zecheriah 3:1-9 · He is Satan, the Adversary of unbelieving Israel
  • Matthew 4:3 · He is the tempter
  • Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:10-11 · He perverts the Word of God
  • Matthew 12:22-29 · He works in demon possession
  • Matthew 12:24; Acts 10:38 · He is the prince of the demons
  • Matthew 13:19 · Snatches away the Word
  • Matthew 13:38 · "the evil one"
  • Matthew 13:38-39 · He sows tares
  • Matthew 13:39 · He is "the enemy"
  • Matthew 25:41 · He is a fallen angel
  • Matthew 25:41; Rev 20:10 · His ultimate fate is Gehenna
  • Luke 4:13 · He is the devil, the slanderer
  • Luke 10:18 · He fell from a sinless high estate
  • Luke 13:16 · He blinds people physically and spiritually
  • Luke 22:31 · He viewed Simon Peter as a target
  • John 3:8, 10 · His children are unsaved people
  • John 8:44 · He was branded "a liar" and "the father of lies" by Jesus
  • John 8:44 · He is a murderer
  • John 12:31; 14:30 · He is the prince of this world
  • John 13:2,27 · He caused Judas to betray Christ
  • Acts 5:3 · Educes Ananias to lie
  • 2 Corinthians 4:4 · He blinds people spiritually
  • Ephesians 2:2 · He indwells the unsaved
  • Ephesians 6:10-20 · He is routed by Spirit-directed prayer
  • Ephesians 6:11-12 · He heads a celestial hierarchy of evil
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:18 · He hinders God's will in believers
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9 · He works diabolic miracles
  • 1 Timothy 4:1-6 · He instigates false doctrine
  • 1 Peter 5:8 · He seeks to harm believers
  • 1 Peter 5:8-9 · He is overcome by faith
  • Revelation 2:9 · He has a synagogue of legalists who deny God's grace in Christ
  • Revelation 12:9 · He is the deceiver
  • Revelation 12:9; 20:2 · He is the dragon, that old serpent
  • Revelation 20:1-3 · He will be bound during the millennium
Moody Press, The New Unger's Bible Handbook, by Merrill F. Unger