70 Key Bible Verses to Destroy Evil Works

The enemy prowls, seeking to steal, kill, and destroy. God’s Word equips us with power to overcome every scheme of darkness. These 70 key Bible verses reveal His authority to break chains and defeat evil. Stand firm, speak His promises, and see His victory manifest.

70 Bible Verses to Destroy Evil Works

1. 1 John 3:8 (KJV)
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.

2. Luke 10:19 (KJV)
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.

3. James 4:7 (KJV)
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

4. Romans 16:20 (KJV)
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

5. Ephesians 6:11 (KJV)
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

6. Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
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.

7. Colossians 2:15 (KJV)
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

8. Isaiah 54:17 (KJV)
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

9. Psalm 91:10–11 (KJV)
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

10. 2 Corinthians 10:3–5 (KJV)
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 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.

11. John 8:36 (KJV)
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

12. Revelation 12:11 (KJV)
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

13. Psalm 18:2 (KJV)
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

14. 1 Peter 5:8–9 (KJV)
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

15. Psalm 27:1 (KJV)
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

16. Luke 4:18 (KJV)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

17. Acts 10:38 (KJV)
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

18. Psalm 34:7 (KJV)
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

19. Proverbs 18:10 (KJV)
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

20. Matthew 16:18 (KJV)
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

21. John 10:10 (KJV)
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.

22. Psalm 118:17 (KJV)
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

23. Zechariah 4:6 (KJV)
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

24. Romans 8:37 (KJV)
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

25. Exodus 14:14 (KJV)
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

26. Deuteronomy 28:7 (KJV)
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.

27. Psalm 68:1 (KJV)
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

28. Micah 7:8 (KJV)
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

29. Nahum 1:7 (KJV)
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

30. Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

31. Jeremiah 1:19 (KJV)
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

32. Psalm 121:7–8 (KJV)
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

33. Isaiah 59:19 (KJV)
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

34. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (KJV)
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

35. Psalm 37:39–40 (KJV)
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

36. Isaiah 43:2 (KJV)
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

37. Psalm 3:3 (KJV)
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

38. Psalm 46:1 (KJV)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

39. 1 John 4:4 (KJV)
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.

40. Revelation 20:10 (KJV)
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

41. Psalm 91:3 (KJV)
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

42. Proverbs 16:7 (KJV)
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

43. Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

44. Psalm 140:4 (KJV)
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

45. 2 Samuel 22:3–4 (KJV)
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

46. Isaiah 49:25 (KJV)
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

47. Psalm 125:2 (KJV)
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

48. Jeremiah 20:11 (KJV)
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper; their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

49. Zephaniah 3:17 (KJV)
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

50. Psalm 35:1 (KJV)
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

51. Isaiah 33:22 (KJV)
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

52. Psalm 7:10 (KJV)
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

53. Psalm 55:18 (KJV)
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

54. Isaiah 30:31 (KJV)
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

55. Psalm 118:6–7 (KJV)
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

56. Psalm 18:39–40 (KJV)
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

57. Isaiah 42:13 (KJV)
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

58. Psalm 44:5 (KJV)
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

59. Jeremiah 15:21 (KJV)
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

60. Psalm 91:7 (KJV)
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

61. Isaiah 44:25 (KJV)
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish.

62. Job 5:12 (KJV)
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

63. Proverbs 21:30 (KJV)
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

64. Psalm 97:10 (KJV)
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

65. Isaiah 50:9 (KJV)
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

66. Psalm 138:7 (KJV)
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

67. Isaiah 54:14 (KJV)
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

68. Psalm 91:13 (KJV)
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

69. 1 Samuel 17:47 (KJV)
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and he will give you into our hands.

70. Psalm 149:6–9 (KJV)
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

Say This Prayer

Lord, I submit to You and resist the devil; let him flee from me in Jesus’ name.

Father, cover me with the blood of Jesus and destroy every work of the enemy in my life.

Holy Spirit, guide me in truth and power, and deliver me from all evil.