Matthew 12:43

New Century Version

“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest, but it doesn’t find it.

Cross References

Matthew 8:29

They shouted, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the right time?”

Isaiah 41:18

I will make rivers flow on the dry hills and springs flow through the valleys. I will change the desert into a lake of water and the dry land into fountains of water.

Job 2:2

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “I have been wandering around the earth, going back and forth in it.”

Job 1:7

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “I have been wandering around the earth, going back and forth in it.”

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.

Acts 8:13

Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed very close to Philip. When he saw the miracles and the powerful things Philip did, Simon was amazed.

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God. I search for you. I thirst for you like someone in a dry, empty land where there is no water.

Matthew 12:44

So the spirit says, ‘I will go back to the house I left.’ When the spirit comes back, it finds the house still empty, swept clean, and made neat.