Matthew 12:43

KJV1611 – Modern English

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

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  • Ps 63:1 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;
  • Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
  • Isa 41:18 : 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
  • Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 Then he said to me, These waters flow toward the eastern region, and go into the desert, and go into the sea: which when flowing into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature that moves, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall go there: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live wherever the river comes. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishermen shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, very many. 11 But the miry places and the marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12 And on the river, on the bank thereof, on this side and that side, shall grow all kinds of trees for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters issue from the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
  • Amos 8:11-13 : 11 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 13 In that day the beautiful virgins and young men shall faint for thirst.
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?
  • Mark 5:7-9 : 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me. 8 For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. 10 And he begged him earnestly that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 Now there was near the mountains a great herd of pigs feeding. 12 And all the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them. 13 And immediately Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the pigs: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were drowned in the sea.
  • Luke 8:28-32 : 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God most high? I beg you, torment me not. 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bands, and was driven by the devil into the wilderness. 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him. 31 And they begged him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into them. And he allowed them.
  • Luke 11:24-26 : 24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house from which I came. 25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and cleaned. 26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
  • Acts 8:13 : 13 Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs that were done.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Job 1:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."
  • Job 2:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan, Where do you come from? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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    23He who is not with me is against me: and he who does not gather with me scatters.

    24When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house from which I came.

    25And when he comes, he finds it swept and cleaned.

    26Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

  • Matt 12:44-45
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    44Then he says, I will return to my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated.

    45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

  • Mark 5:2-4
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    2And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

    4Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: neither could anyone tame him.

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him.

    26And when the unclean spirit convulsed him and cried with a loud voice, it came out of him.

  • Mark 5:8-9
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    8For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

    9And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

  • Luke 8:27
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    27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothes, neither lived in any house, but in the tombs.

  • Luke 8:38-39
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    38Now the man out of whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

    39Return to your own house, and show how great things God has done for you. And he went his way, and proclaimed throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.

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    33And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

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    42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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    27No man can enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

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    28And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

  • Lev 14:45-46
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    45And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.

    46Moreover he that goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until evening.

  • Matt 12:29-30
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    29Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

    30He that is not with me is against me; and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad.

  • Luke 8:29
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    29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bands, and was driven by the devil into the wilderness.

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    30Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

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    26And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

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    33Then went the demons out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.

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    23All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

    24From there he arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; but he could not be hidden.

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    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

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    15There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are what defile a man.

  • Luke 8:35
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    35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

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    12And all the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.

    13And immediately Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the pigs: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were drowned in the sea.

  • Lev 14:41
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    41And he shall cause the house to be scraped all around, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off outside the city into an unclean place:

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

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    16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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    39And suddenly a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

  • Matt 8:31
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    31So the demons begged him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.

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    36And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What kind of word is this! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

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    11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.

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    6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon it: if not, it will return to you.

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    25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more.

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    21When a strong man, armed, guards his palace, his goods are in peace:

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    30And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

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    15And they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.