Matthew 12:43

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Matthew 12:41–45 · Berean Standard Bible

41 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

43 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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Luke 11:24

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

Acts 8:13

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Job 1:7

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

Job 2:2

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Psalms 63:1

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:7

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Ezekiel 47:8

And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

Ezekiel 47:9

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Ezekiel 47:10

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Ezekiel 47:11

But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

Ezekiel 47:12

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Amos 8:11

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Amos 8:12

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

Amos 8:13

In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.

Matthew 8:29

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Mark 5:7

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

Mark 5:8

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Mark 5:9

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Mark 5:10

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Mark 5:11

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Mark 5:12

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Mark 5:13

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Luke 8:28

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

Luke 8:29

For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

Luke 8:30

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

Luke 8:31

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

Luke 8:32

There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.