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Scripture · Religious literature

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field.

Genesis 3:1

1405 BC

★ 1.1

Scripture · Religious literature

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Ephesians 6:11

62

★ 1.3

Scripture · Religious literature

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

Isaiah 14:12

681 BC

★ 2.0

For, where God built a church, there the devil would also build a chapel... In such sort is the devil always God's ape.

1546

★ 2.0

Film · Romantic comedy (film) · Comedy drama (film) · Romantic comedy · Comedy drama

Waiting gives the devil time.

As Good As It Gets · 1997

★ 2.0

Poem · Epic poem · Religious literature

The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd The mother of mankind.

Paradise Lost · 1667

★ 2.2

Play · Comedy (play)

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice · 1598

★ 2.4

Scripture · Religious literature

Get thee behind me, Satan.

Matthew 16:23 · 60

★ 3.5

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.

1701

★ 3.5

Personal journal

An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

1902

★ 3.5

Scripture · Religious literature

He is a liar, and the father of it.

John 8:44 · 90

★ 3.6

Scripture · Religious literature

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Luke 4:3-4 · 61

★ 3.7

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1799

★ 3.7

Historical literature

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Winston Churchill

The Second World War · 1950

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

1st Peter 5:8

65

★ 3.8

Religious literature

That there is a Devil, is a Thing Doubted by none but such as are under the Influence of the Devil. For any to Deny the Being of a Devil must be from an Ignorance or Profaneness, worse than diabolical.

The Wonders of the Invisible World · 1693

★ 4.4

Scripture · Religious literature

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:13-14

1405 BC

★ 4.5

Film · Mystery (film) · Thriller (film) · Mystery · Thriller

How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?

The Usual Suspects · 1995

★ 4.6

Scripture · Religious literature

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:4-5

1405 BC

★ 5.4

Film · Mystery (film) · Thriller (film) · Mystery · Thriller

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

The Usual Suspects · 1995

★ 7.0