And he said, Do you know why I have come to you? And now I will return to fight with the prince of the Persians: and I was going in, and the prince of the Greeks came.

And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and hindered them in building,

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

And the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him.

And the Lord said to the Devil, [ 3:3] The Lord rebuke you, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you. Behold, is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [forces] of evil in the heavenlies.

Therefore we desired to come to you--I, Paul, time and again--but Satan hindered us.

But I will tell you that which is ordained in the scripture of truth; and there is no one that holds with me in these matters but Michael your prince.

And at that time Michael the great prince shall stand up, that stands over the children of your people, and there shall be a time of tribulation, such tribulation as has not been from the time that there was a nation on the earth until that time. At that time your people shall be delivered, everyone that is written in the book.

Yet Michael the archangel, when taking issue with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, dared not to bring a railing accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

And there came to be war in heaven: Michael and his angels, waging war with the dragon; and the dragon made war, and his angels,

and you are completed in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

who having gone into heaven, is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to Him.