John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Cross References (34)

  • Acts 13:10 (55)

    and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will y

  • 1 John 3:12 (46)

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d

  • 1 John 3:8–10 (41)

    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son o

  • 2 Corinthians 11:3 (32)

    I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your sim

  • Revelation 12:9 (28)

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. H

  • John 8:38 (25)

    I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

  • Revelation 20:7–10 (22)

    When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

  • John 8:41 (20)

    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Hims

  • Matthew 13:38 (17)

    The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

  • 1 John 2:4 (16)

    If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  • Jude 1:6 (16)

    And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal

  • 1 John 3:15 (16)

    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

  • 1 Peter 5:8 (15)

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  • Revelation 21:8 (14)

    But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and al

  • Acts 5:3 (14)

    Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the

  • Genesis 3:15 (13)

    And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you wi

  • 2 Corinthians 11:13–15 (13)

    For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:1 (11)

    Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:20–22 (11)

    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

  • Revelation 9:11 (11)

    They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

  • Genesis 3:3–7 (11)

    but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you w

  • 2 Peter 2:4 (9)

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness t

  • Revelation 2:10 (9)

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and y

  • Revelation 20:2–3 (9)

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

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11 (9)

    The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false won

  • John 6:70 (9)

    Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

  • Revelation 13:6–8 (9)

    And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwe

  • Revelation 13:14 (8)

    Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, tel

  • Genesis 4:8–9 (7)

    Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against

  • Revelation 22:15 (7)

    But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and

  • Job 2:4–6 (6)

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

  • James 4:1–7 (6)

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  • Job 1:11 (4)

    But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

  • 1 Kings 22:22 (4)

    And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and