25 Bible Verses about Divination
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“You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or sorcery. You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard. You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh. read more.
“Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity. You must keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am Yahweh. “Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.
“Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and reported Balak’s words to him.
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!”
“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead. read more.
Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. 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.
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.”
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.
When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.
The princes of Zoan are complete fools;
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise,
a student of eastern kings”?
Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
This is what the Lord says:
Do not learn the way of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
although the nations are terrified by them,
But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.
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!’
For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them, for they are prophesying falsely to you in My name. I have not sent them.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘This is the Lord’s declaration,’ when the Lord did not send them, yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. Didn’t you see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you proclaimed, ‘This is the Lord’s declaration,’ even though I had not spoken?
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. The answer marked Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams, give the order to slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall. It will seem like false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn an oath to the Babylonians, but it will draw attention to their guilt so that they will be captured.
Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
So the king gave orders to summon the diviner-priests, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
The Chaldeans answered the king, “No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any diviner-priest, medium, or Chaldean.
Therefore, it will be night for you—
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.
The sun will set on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn black over them.
Then the seers will be ashamed
and the diviners disappointed.
They will all cover their mouths
because there will be no answer from God.
For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
“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. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.
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.
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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.
Divination » Practised by » False prophets
But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit
This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
They see false visions and speak lying divinations.
Divination » The law » Forbade to the israelites the practice of
No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.
“You are not to eat anything with blood in it.
Divination » Practised by » Sorcerers
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners,
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed
Divination » The law » Forbade seeking to
“Do not turn to mediums
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.
Divination » Practised by » Enchanters
No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners,
Divination » Practised by » Wizards
cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.
By this time Samuel had died,
Divination » Practised by » Witches
No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,
Divination » Effected through » Dreams
and the diviners
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you
Divination » The law » Punished with death those who used
A man or a woman who is
Divination » Effected through » Cups
Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with his grain money.” So he did as Joseph told him.
Isn’t this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination?
Divination » Effected through » Enchantments
But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians
Since Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned
Divination » The jews prone to
They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of divination from the East
and of fortune-tellers
They are in league
Divination » Those who practised » Consulted in difficulties
So the king gave orders to summon the diviner-priests, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans
So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream's interpretation known to me. 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.
Divination » Those who practised » Regarded as wise men
Because of this, the king became violently angry
Daniel answered the king: “No wise man, medium, diviner-priest, or astrologer
Divination » Effected through » A lucrative employment
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination in hand.
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction.
Divination » Practised by » Astrologers
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.
So let them stand and save you—
the astrologers,
who predict monthly
what will happen to you.
Divination » Practised by » Magicians
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.
When morning came, he was troubled,
Divination » Effected through » Sorcery
Divination » Practised by » Soothsayers
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
Divination » Those who practised » Regarded with awe
A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.
Divination » Effected through » Connected with idolatry
He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord's temple. 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.
Divination » Effected through » Raising the dead
"Who is it that you want me to bring up for you?" the woman asked. "Bring up Samuel for me," he answered. When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, and then she asked Saul, "Why did you deceive me? You are Saul!"
Divination » Practised by » Consulters of familiar spirits
cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.
Divination » Practised by » Necromancers
cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.
Divination » Practised by » Charmers
cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.
Divination » Practised by » Diviners
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.
Divination » All who practised it, abominable
Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things.
Divination » Effected through » The flight of arrows
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. The answer marked Jerusalem appears in his right hand, [indicating] that he should set up battering rams, give the order to slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall.
Divination » The law » Punished those who sought to
“Whoever turns to mediums
Divination » An abominable practice
and defiance is like wickedness
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has rejected you as king.
Divination » A system of fraud
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim: [This is] the Lord's declaration, when the Lord did not send them, yet they wait for the fulfillment of [their] message. Didn't you see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you proclaimed: [This is] the Lord's declaration, even though I had not spoken?
Divination » Effected through » Inspecting the inside of beasts
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.
Divination » Could not injure the lord's people
and no divination against Israel.
It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,
“What great things God has done!”
Divination » Effected through » Observing heavenly bodies
Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?’”
Divination » Effected through » Observing times
He made his son pass through the fire,
Divination » Frustrated by God
and makes fools of diviners;
who confounds the wise
and makes their knowledge foolishness;
Divination » Those who practised » Used mysterious words and gestures
When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”
Divination » Effected through » Books of, numerous and expensive
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.
Divination » Effected through » Rods
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to
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.
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Isaiah 47:13
So let them stand and save you—
the astrologers,
who predict monthly
what will happen to you.