Qualifications for Deacons

1228 diabolos (dee-ab'-ol-os)
from 1225; (accuser, the devil)
AV-devil 35, false accuser 2, slanderer 1; 38

1) prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
1a) a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer,
2) metaph. applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him


Satan the prince of the demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men, estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin, afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding. 		NEW TESTAMENT USAGE

Every reference to the devil

Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil <1228>.

Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil <1228>. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil <1228>?

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil <1228>, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil <1228>; for God was with him.

Ephesians 4:27 Neither give place to the devil <1228>.

1 Timothy 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil <1228>.

1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil <1228>.

1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers <1228>, sober, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil <1228>, who are taken captive by him at his will.

2 Timothy 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers <1228>, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers <1228>, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil <1228>;

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil <1228>, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil <1228>, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil <1228>; for the devil <1228> sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil <1228>.

1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil <1228>: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil <1228> he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil <1228> shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil <1228>, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.