Biblical List of Satan’s Deceptions

 These are arranged chronologically through Scripture, showing Satan’s strategy, target, and outcome.

#	Passage	Satan’s Deceptive Method	Target	Result
1	Genesis 3:1–6	Questioning God’s word, twisting truth, offering false promise (“you will be like God”)	Eve, then Adam	Entrance of sin; fall of man
2	Genesis 4:6–8	Stirring anger, jealousy, and self-justification	Cain	Murder of Abel
3	Genesis 11:1–9	Uniting mankind in rebellion, offering self-glory (“let us make a name”)	Tower of Babel builders	Confusion of languages
4	Job 1–2	Accusing the righteous, suggesting serving God is self-interest	Job	Severe trial, loss, suffering
5	1 Chronicles 21:1	Provoking pride to count people (self-reliance)	David	70,000 Israelites die from plague
6	Zechariah 3:1–2	Accusing God’s chosen before Him	Joshua the high priest	God rebukes Satan
7	Matthew 4:1–11	Offering shortcuts to God’s promise, twisting Scripture	Jesus	Satan rebuked, leaves
8	Matthew 13:19, 38–39	Snatching the Word from hearts, sowing counterfeit believers	Hearers of the Word	Loss of faith, infiltration
9	Matthew 16:22–23	Using a friend’s voice to oppose God’s plan	Peter	Rebuked as Satan’s mouthpiece
10	Luke 8:12	Removing the Word before belief takes root	Unbelieving hearers	Salvation hindered
11	Luke 22:3–6	Entering a willing vessel for betrayal	Judas	Betrayal of Christ
12	Luke 22:31	Demanding to sift believers like wheat	Peter	Faith shaken, later restored
13	John 8:44	Murder and lying from the beginning	Religious leaders	Rejection of truth
14	Acts 5:3	Filling hearts with deceit to lie to the Holy Spirit	Ananias & Sapphira	Sudden death
15	Acts 13:10	Perversion of truth, opposition to God’s ways	Elymas the sorcerer	Struck blind
16	Romans 16:17–18	Smooth speech to deceive naive hearts	Church members	Division, false teaching
17	2 Corinthians 2:11	Exploiting unforgiveness	Corinthian believers	Satan gains advantage
18	2 Corinthians 4:4	Blinding minds from gospel light	Unbelievers	Continued spiritual darkness
19	2 Corinthians 11:3–4	Corrupting minds from pure devotion to Christ	Church	False Jesus, false spirit
20	2 Corinthians 11:13–15	Masquerading as angel of light, disguising servants	False apostles	Deception in ministry
21	Galatians 1:6–9	Preaching “another gospel”	Galatian believers	Desertion from grace
22	Ephesians 4:26–27	Using anger to give foothold	Church members	Broken unity
23	1 Thessalonians 2:18	Hindering ministry work	Paul	Delay in visiting church
24	1 Timothy 4:1–2	Doctrines of demons	Future believers	Apostasy
25	2 Timothy 2:26	Taking captives to do his will	The deceived	Enslavement to sin
26	2 Timothy 3:13	Impostors deceiving and being deceived	End-time teachers	Moral collapse
27	2 Thessalonians 2:9–12	Signs, wonders, lies through Antichrist	The perishing	Strong delusion
28	Hebrews 3:13	Sin’s deceitfulness	Believers	Hardened hearts
29	James 3:14–16	Earthly, demonic wisdom fostering disorder	Churches	Confusion, evil practices
30	1 Peter 5:8–9	Prowling to devour	All believers	Need for vigilance
31	1 John 2:18–26	Spirit of antichrist denying Christ	Early church	Apostasy
32	Revelation 2:9–10	False Jews, satanic slander, persecution	Smyrna church	Martyrdom
33	Revelation 12:9–10	Deceiving whole world, accusing believers	Humanity	Spiritual warfare
34	Revelation 13	Beast & false prophet deceiving with signs	Earth’s inhabitants	Worship of Antichrist
35	Revelation 18:23	Sorcery deceiving nations	World powers	Judgment
36	Revelation 20:3, 8, 10	Final deception after 1,000 years	Nations	Final rebellion & eternal doom

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