Luke 11:24

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

Cross-references

Isaiah 48:22 declares 'no peace for the wicked' — directly echoing the spirit's inability to find rest in Luke 11:24.

Isaiah 57:20 compares the wicked to the restless sea — mirroring the unclean spirit's lack of rest in dry places.

Matthew 12:43-45 is the synoptic parallel of the same teaching about the unclean spirit returning with seven worse spirits.

Mark 9:25 Contrast

Mark 9:25 has Jesus command a spirit never to return — directly countering the re-entry threat described in this verse.

2 Peter 2:20 explicitly describes escaping defilement only to be entangled again — the same 'last state worse than first' theme as here.

Mark 5:10 Contrast

Mark 5:10 shows an unclean spirit begging not to be sent out of the region — opposite to the spirit here that leaves voluntarily and later seeks to return.

1 Peter 5:8 Parallel

1 Peter 5:8 describes the devil prowling like a lion seeking prey — mirroring the unclean spirit's search for a place to rest in Luke 11:24.

Job 1:7 Parallel

Job 1:7 shows Satan roaming the earth, paralleling the unclean spirit's restless wandering through dry places seeking rest.

Proverbs 4:16 says the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil — paralleling the unclean spirit's restlessness until it finds a home.