Galatians 5:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Galatians 5:20

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Witchcraft

Acts 16:16

General references

1 Timothy 5:24

Bible References

Witchcraft

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,

practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

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.

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

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.

General references

“You must not allow a sorceress to live.

“Do not turn to mediums

or consult spiritists,

or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.

for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

Then an argument started among them about who would be the greatest of them.

Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.