Make it so that I overcome this state!". And the state of negligence suddenly disappeared: he immediately made 400 prostrations. In the scene of temptation in the desert, the devil tries to delude Lord Jesus Christ (). In the Sermon on the Mount, Lord Jesus Christ talks about false miracles (). Also Lord Jesus says about prelest and false prophets (, ). In , Apostle Paul expels the spirit of false prophecy. In , Apostle John writes about false prophets and trust to spirits. In , Apostle Paul writes about false visions. In , Apostle Paul mentions the deception of Adam and Eve. In , Apostle Paul advises to avoid delusion - "oppositions of science falsely so called". When Saint Niphon, bishop of Cyprus, was an ordinary monk, he was struggling against demons and fell into partial insanity for 4 years but later was cured. Saint Symeon the Stylite was deluded by demons who showed him a chariot wanting to take him to Heaven as it was with Prophet Elias. The chariot disappeared when St. Symeon wanted to enter it but made the sign of the Cross. Saint Iakovos worshiped a demon who appeared as Lord Jesus and who disappeared after Iakovos made the sign of the Cross. Saint Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Caves was living in seclusion for 7 years and was deluded by a false vision of Lord Jesus. He was left by demons lying unconscious. Saints Antonius and Theodosius of the Kiev Caves were nursing him and praying about him for 2 years. After that, St. Isaac got better and in the end of his life he received the power over demons. Saint Nicetas of the Kiev Caves attempted an excessive feat of seclusion without sufficient experience. He was deluded by an "angel" who helped him and gave him a false gift of clairvoyance. When the Holy Fathers of the monastery unraveled the demon tricks and cast the "angel" away, St. Nicetas lost his supernatural abilities and even could not read at all. Later, following the way of humility, St. Nicetas became the Bishop of Novgorod and received the gift of miracleworking. Saint Theodore and Basil of the Caves suffered heavily from the demon tricks. Theodore was deluded by a vision of "angel" and false appearance of a demon in the form of St. Basil and was listening to them. Later, St. Basil brought St. Theodore to reason and convinced that it was a delusion.