37 Bible Verses about magic
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while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be 50,000 pieces of silver.
So take your stand with your spells
and your many sorceries,
which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.
Perhaps you will be able to succeed;
perhaps you will inspire terror!
No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against your magic bands that you ensnare people with like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on man and beast.
and say: This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every height in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of My people but preserve your own?
There is no magic curse against Jacob
and no divination against Israel.
It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,
“What great things God has done!”
“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds.
A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.
But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
I will remove sorceries from your hands,
and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.
But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.
But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has rejected you as king.
After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”
They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire and practiced divination and interpreted omens. They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight and provoked Him.
“You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or sorcery.
Saul then said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.”
His servants replied, “There is a woman at En-dor who is a medium.”
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
the commander of 50 and the dignitary,
the counselor, cunning magician, and necromancer.
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute,
the attractive mistress of sorcery,
who betrays nations by her prostitution
and clans by her witchcraft,
These two things will happen to you
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.
You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’
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Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
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.
But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians
But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
Magic » Divination
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners,
For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.
“What is this you have done?” Joseph said to them. “Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination?”
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination in hand.
Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.
Magic » Sorcery
No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,
“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner.
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire
Magic » Magicians
So the king gave orders to summon the diviner-priests, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans
When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.
“This is the finger of God,”
But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians
The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”
Magic » Soothsayers
The king called out to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around his neck,
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction.
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of divination from the East
and of fortune-tellers
They are in league
Daniel answered the king: “No wise man, medium, diviner-priest, or astrologer
and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
Magic » Necromancy
cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.
When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”
“Who is it that you want me to bring up for you?” the woman asked.
“Bring up Samuel for me,” he answered.
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Revelation 18:23
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,
