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12 primary unclean spirits


Familiar spirit:
  • occult
  • divination
  • witchcraft
  • fortunetelling
Leviticus 20:27
1st Samuel 28:7

Intentionally binding yourself to a spirit that is not of God.

Lying spirit:
  • religious
  • controlling
  • stubborn
1st Kings 22:23
Jeremiah 23:14-16

Scripture example: given to prophets that pursue their own gain.

Perverse spirit:
  • twists the Word
  • vile affections contrary to nature
  • homosexuality
Proverbs 14:2
Acts 13:10

Perverts and despises the way of the Lord, becoming devoid of all knowledge of the Lord.

spirit of Jealousy:
  • cruel
  • rage
  • violence
  • murder
Numbers 5:11-14
Proverbs 6:34-35

Fear of losing what one is passionate about or lusting after another's prosperity

Whoredom:
  • idolatry
  • prostitution
  • fantasies
  • fornication
Hosea 4:12
Ezekiel 16:28-39

Worshiping idols rather than God, lewdness and illicit sexual acts.

spirit of Heaviness:
  • rejection
  • depression
  • helplessness
  • gluttony
Isaiah 61:3
1st Peter 1:6

Great sorrow in one's heart.

spirit of Infirmity:
  • all sickness
  • physical impairments
  • weakness
Luke 13:11
Matthew 8:17

Unsound or unhealthy state of one's body.

Deaf and Dumb:
  • epilepsy
  • suicide
  • insanity
Mark 9:17-25
Matthew 17:14-16

Loss of control of certain body or mind functions

spirit of Fear:
  • torment / terror
  • nightmares
  • unable to rest
2nd Timothy 1:7
Romans 8:15

Apprehension of evil, uneasiness of mind; isolation from God.

spirit of Pride:
  • self rightness
  • strife
  • controlling
  • wicked
Proverbs 16:18
Psalms 10:4

The proud do not seek God, and persecute the poor.

spirit of Bondage:
  • addictions
  • slave to your passions
Romans 8:15
Galatians 4:3

Being in bondage under the elements of the world, Galatians 4:3

spirit of Antichrist:
  • denying Jesus as the Son of God has come in the flesh
1st John 4:3-4
1st John 2:18-22

Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.