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22 Bible Verses About Binding the Enemy

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Summary

  • Satan is pictured bound in Jesus’ parable of the strong man (Matthew 12:29) and by the angel with the chain in Revelation 20:1-3.
  • Thayer’s Greek lexicon reads bind in Matthew 16:19 and 18:18 as a rabbinic idiom for forbidding something, and Matthew 18:18 closes instructions for dealing with a church member who sins.
  • In Zechariah 3:2 and Jude 1:9 the words spoken to Satan are “The Lord rebuke you.”
  • James 4:7 and 1 Peter 5:8-9 tell believers to resist the devil, and Ephesians 6:11-17 tells them to stand in the armor of God.
  • Colossians 2:15 says the powers and authorities were disarmed by the cross, and Hebrews 2:14-15 says Christ’s death broke the power of the devil.

In the Bible, the devil is bound in a parable and in a vision. Jesus tells of a strong man tied up (Matthew 12:29), and John sees an angel with a chain (Revelation 20:2). Believers are told to resist the devil (James 4:7), and Colossians 2:15 says the powers and authorities were disarmed “by the cross.” The words bind and loose in Matthew 16:19 and 18:18 are spoken first to Peter and then to the disciples. One Greek lexicon, Thayer’s,…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 1210, δέω (deo): to bind; Thayer’s lexicon lists Matthew 16:19 and 18:18 under the sense “by a Chaldean and rabbinical idiom … to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit.” biblehub.com/greek/1210

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