The Bible Is My Weapon

1 Peter 5:8 NIV;  Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Ephesians 6:12 NIV;  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NIV; For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.  4) The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 

Ephesians 6:16-17 NIV;  In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  17) Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

John 8:44b NIV;   “When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

2 Corinthians 11:13-14 NIV; For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.  14) And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

Luke 4:1-4 NLT; Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,  2) where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.  3) Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”  4) But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”

Luke 4:5-8 NLT:  Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.  6) “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please.  7) I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”  8) Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” 

Luke 4:9-12 NLT;   Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off!  10) For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.  11) And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’ ”  12) Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’” 

Luke 4:13 NLT;  When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came. 

James 4:7 NIV; Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.