Adversary
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Instigating men to Sin1 Chr. 21:1
Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. (NKJV)
John 13:2
And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son to betray Him, (NKJV)
Tempting to Disobedience
Ge. Chaper 3 verses 4,5
And the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (NKJV)
Slandering Saints
Job 1:9-11
So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
But, now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"(NKJV)
Inflicting Disease
Job 2:7
Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. (NKJV)
Opposing the Righteous
Zec. 3:1
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. (NKJV)
Tempting Christ
Mat. 4:1
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. (NKJV)
Removing the Good Seed
Mt. 13:19
"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. (NKJV)
Sowing the Tares
Mt. 13:38
"The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one (NKJV)
Ruining Soul and Body
Luke 9:42
And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father. (NKJV)
Lying
John 8:44
"You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. (NKJV)
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. (NKJV)