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Nevertheless the Sacred Scriptures do mention a number of (evil) works or wonders done by Satan, who is also known as the Devil:

• In the Garden of Eden, Satan deceived Eve: Genesis 3:1-5.

• Satan entered the heart of Judas, called Iscariot, one of the twelve: Luke 22: 1-6.

• Satan sent a storm to destroy the home of one of Job’s children while they were all feasting: Job 1: 1-6.

• St. Paul received a throne in the flesh from Satan: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.

• Then the devil took Jesus to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple: Matthew 4:1-11.

• Satan afflicted Job with a terrible disease: Job 2: 7-13.

• The Devil kills Sarah's seven husbands and was finally driven away by the Archangel Raphael: Tobias: 3: 7-8; Tobias 8: 1-3 (Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon).

His "miracles" are nothing more than demonic wonders in order to fool mankind. Interestingly, the pharaoh’s magicians were able to duplicate, on a smaller scale, the first two plagues, making water appear as blood and making even more frogs appear on Egypt than those God had sent (Exodus 7:22 and 8:7). They were also able to make their rods change into snakes (Exodus 7:11-12). Whether these were tricks and illusions or some actual supernatural wonder from an evil spiritual source is another question, they had the intended effect. They hardened the pharaoh’s heart, meaning they cemented his resistance to the demands of the Israelites.

The Catholic Church defines a Miracle as follows:

A sensibly perceptible effect, surpassing at least the powers of visible nature, produced by God to witness to some truth or testify to someone's sanctity.

His "miracles" are nothing more than demonic wonders in order to fool mankind. Interestingly, the pharaoh’s magicians were able to duplicate, on a smaller scale, the first two plagues, making water appear as blood and making even more frogs appear on Egypt than those God had sent (Exodus 7:22 and 8:7). They were also able to make their rods change into snakes (Exodus 7:11-12). Whether these were tricks and illusions or some actual supernatural wonder from an evil spiritual source is another question, they had the intended effect. They hardened the pharaoh’s heart, meaning they cemented his resistance to the demands of the Israelites.

According to St. Thomas Aquinas the Devil and all the other Demons can not perform true miracles. Satan is a deceiver and tries his best to lead man astray by wonders that are false signs and not miracles.

His "miracles" are nothing more than demonic wonders in order to fool mankind. Interestingly, the pharaoh’s magicians were able to duplicate, on a smaller scale, the first two plagues, making water appear as blood and making even more frogs appear on Egypt than those God had sent (Exodus 7:22 and 8:7). They were also able to make their rods change into snakes (Exodus 7:11-12). Whether these were tricks and illusions or some actual supernatural wonder from an evil spiritual source is another question, they had the intended effect. They hardened the pharaoh’s heart, meaning they cemented his resistance to the demands of the Israelites.

According to St. Thomas Aquinas the Devil and all the other Demons can not perform true miracles. Satan is a deceiver and tries his best to lead man astray by wonders that are false signs and not miracles.