Luke 11:24

Good News Translation (US Version)

“When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one, it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’

Cross References

1 Peter 5:8

Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God, and I long for you. My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you.

Job 2:2

The Lord asked him, “Where have you been?” Satan answered, “I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth.”

Job 1:7

The Lord asked him, “What have you been doing?” Satan answered, “I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth.”

Mark 5:10

And he kept begging Jesus not to send the evil spirits out of that region.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no safety for sinners,” says the Lord.

Ephesians 2:2

At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God.

Mark 9:25

Jesus noticed that the crowd was closing in on them, so he gave a command to the evil spirit. “Deaf and dumb spirit,” he said, “I order you to come out of the boy and never go into him again!”

Isaiah 44:3

“I will give water to the thirsty land and make streams flow on the dry ground. I will pour out my spirit on your children and my blessing on your descendants.

Isaiah 35:7

the burning sand will become a lake, and dry land will be filled with springs. Where jackals used to live, marsh grass and reeds will grow.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.

Luke 11:25

So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up.