Bible Verses About Spiritual Authority

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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 high places.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,