Quotes about Adversary

Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

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

Attempting to defeat the enemy by wrestling with people could be likened to trying to destroy a tree by picking all its fruit.

I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I've done business with him.

God does not want us to be independent (standing alone) or code-pendent (unable to stand without someone's help); He wants us to be interdependent, meaning we need one another standing shoulder to shoulder to engage the adversary.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. (1 Peter 5:8—9)