8 Bible Verses about Miracles Counterfeited

False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices. Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.

But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God!” They were attentive to him because he had astounded them with his sorceries for a long time.

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

He also performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.

For they are spirits of demons performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.