17 Bible Verses about Satan, Character Of

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

In which in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:

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 heavenly places.

I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because you have known the Father.

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his cunning, 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.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bonds, and was driven by the demon into the desert.)

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech you, look upon my son: for he is my only child.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:

And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.