How evil is the devil?

Question

the bible mentions many miracles done by GOD , but what exactly are the evil things the devil has done to humanity mentioned in the bible?

Answer 1

Crimes of the Devil:

Temptation of the rightous: # Matthew 4:1

Kidnapping and abandonment: # Matthew 4:11

Possession, assault & battery: # Matthew 4:24

Cruelty to animals: Matthew 8:31

Propogation of noxius invasive plants: Matthew 8:31

Biological warfare: # Mark 1:34, # Mark 6:13,

Use of snares: # 1 Timothy 3:7

Seduction: 1 Timothy 4:1

Disrespect of a dead body: # Jude 1:9

Ilegal imprisonment: Revelation 2:10

Terrible guy!

Answer 2

Good question. In the bible God has actually cause more destruction here on Earth than the devil. God has destroyed cities (Soddom & Gamorrah), murdered children (plague of Egypt), and attempted to wimp out humanity completely with a flood! What has the devil done in the bible? Conviced Eve to partake of the forbidden fruit, tormented Job, tempted Jesus. Sounds to me like God has committed more evil acts (in the bible) than the devil.

Answer 3

The evil of the devil is equal to the sum of the evil of all the people who give him power and status through their BELIEF that he EXISTS.

He is the ultimate cop out for people who cannot accept personal accountibility for their own evil feelings, actions, temptations, and beliefs.

The most evil thing that the devil has done to humanity - not necessarily found in the Bible - is giving us an excuse, someone to blame, for our own poor choices and bad behavior. "The devil made me do it."

Answer 4

The devil isn't mentioned in the Bible.

Answer 5

the devil convinced eve to eat fruit from the tree of knowledge he tried to lead jesus into temptation he killed judas. but the devil is not evil but an angel programed by gosd to be the root of all evil affter all even god knows that there can be no good without evil and vice versa and remember the devils greatest acchievment was convincing man he didn't exsist.
jesus was walking one day and he came across the devil jesus realized that the devil was toying with humans in a cage. jesus asked the devil if he can have the humans and the devil replied you don't want these humans i taught them how to make weapons and bombs and guns and to kill eachother and if you take them they will defile thy name spit in thy face and hang thee till death

Answer 6

every time you have an evil thought or a temptation to do wrong and evil things that is the devil. he temps you in all ways in things that aare seen and done on an everyday process. go good luck to you and the devil has many tricks up his sleave it aint good and don';t feel good its the devil...

Answer 7

the "DEVIL" is not real. he was made up by people to show as a symbol of evil. the reasons being two-fold
1. so society to scare people into behaving
2. to show extreme evil so "god" could be the example of pure good

Answer 8

Try disease and suffering.
Oppression of the people.
Murder, rape and pillaging.

All summed up in this verse.
Acts 10:38 "You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with Him.

Who was doing good?
Who was oppressing the people?
How was He doing good?
Healing.
How has the oppression carried out?
Disease--sickness.

Oh yes, OLAY!

Answer 9

Acts 13:10
"You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

James 3
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.

Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Zechariah 3:1
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.

Luke 13:16
Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"

2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 12:7
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders,

Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 20:2
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.

2 John 1:7
Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Isa 14
12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!

13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [a]

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."

15 But you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the pit.

Answer 10

Very Evil