Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
General references
Bible References
He had
Isaiah 8:19
When the people [instead of trusting God] say to you, “Consult the mediums [who try to talk to the dead] and the soothsayers who chirp and whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Isaiah 44:25
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out offortune-tellers,
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Isaiah 47:9
“But these two things shall come to you abruptly, in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many [claims of power through your] sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your enchantments.
“But these two things shall come to you abruptly, in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many [claims of power through your] sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your enchantments.
Galatians 3:1
O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?
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Exodus 22:18
“You shall not allow a woman who practices sorcery to live.
Leviticus 19:31
‘Do not turn to mediums [who pretend to consult the dead] or to spiritists [who have spirits of divination]; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
Acts 8:19
saying, “Give me this authority and power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”