5 Bible Verses about Magical Arts, Examples Of

And there was a man by the name of Simon who formerly practised magic in that city, and astonished the nation of Samaria, saying that he was some great person,

And having gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus, who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man having called for Barnabas and Saul desired to hear the word of God; but Elymas the magian, for so his name is interpreted, opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.read more.
But Saul, [called] also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looking steadily at him said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and going about he sought guides. Then the proconsul seeing what was done believed, and was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

And when we went to the proseuche, a certain female servant having a spirit, a diviner, met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.

And some of the travelling Jewish exorcists undertook to call over those that had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, men of no judgment, reprobate in respect to the faith.