30 Bible Verses about Sorcery
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There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
“I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you will have fortune-tellers no more.
idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
“For there is no omen against Jacob,
Nor is there any divination against Israel;
At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob
And to Israel, what God has done!
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great;
Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
‘Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king.”
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.
and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger.
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
“Stand fast now in your spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,
It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, “Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you.”
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Divination » Effected through » Sorcery
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his
Fortune telling » Sorcery
There shall not be found among you anyone
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many
In spite of the great power of your spells.
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a
Then
Magic » Sorcery
There shall not be found among you anyone
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many
In spite of the great power of your spells.
When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a
Then
Sorcery » Practiced » By false prophets
But as for you,
Then the Lord said to me, “The
"For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream. 'For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them,' declares the LORD.
Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing
Sorcery » Divining by familiar spirits (mediums or spiritists)
When they say to you, “
‘Now a man or a woman
And I will confound their strategy,
So that
And to
Sorcery » Practiced » By the babylonians
Then the king
Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither
"For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver. "Into his right hand came the divination, 'Jerusalem,' to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.
"But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells. "You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' "But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly. read more.
"Stand fast now in your spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling. "You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.
The Chaldeans answered
Sorcery » Forbidden
‘Do not turn to
‘As for the person who turns to
"When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. read more.
"For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. "You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. "For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
'You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying. 'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.
Sorcery » Practiced » By balaam
Nor is there any divination against Israel;
At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob
And to Israel, what God has done!
Sorcery » To cease
therefore, you women will no longer see
And you will have fortune-tellers no more.
"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel." But tell them, "The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision. "For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Sorcery » Messages of, false
And the
And tell
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
that is, the one whose
while they see for you
Sorcery » Punishment for
‘Now a man or a woman
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be
Sorcery » By images
For the king of Babylon stands at the
Moreover, Josiah
Sorcery » Practiced » By astrologers
Therefore it will be night for you--without vision, And darkness for you--without divination The sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will become dark over them. The seers will be ashamed And the diviners will be embarrassed Indeed, they will all cover their mouths Because there is no answer from God.
Thus says the Lord,
“
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;
Sorcery » Practiced » By the magicians
Then Pharaoh also
The
Sorcery » Denounced
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the
When they say to you, “
Sorcery » Practiced » By the egyptians
And I will confound their strategy,
So that
And to
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become stupid How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"? Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the LORD of hosts Has purposed against Egypt.
Sorcery » Practiced » By sons of sceva
Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
Sorcery » Saul consulted the witch of endor
Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor." Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, "Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you." But the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?" read more.
Saul vowed to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing." Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul." The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth." He said to her, "What is his form?" And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe " And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do." Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and has become your adversary? "The LORD has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David. "As you did not obey the LORD and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the LORD has done this thing to you this day. "Moreover the LORD will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the LORD will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!" Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night. The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, "Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. "So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way." But he refused and said, "I will not eat " However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it. She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night.
Sorcery » Practiced » By simon the sorcerer (magus)
Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing
Sorcery » Practiced » By belshazzar
The king called aloud to bring in the
Just now the
Sorcery » By entrails
For the king of Babylon stands at the
Sorcery » Vainness of
And
Sorcery » Wickedness of
And insubordination is as
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
Sorcery » Practiced » By the girl at philippi
It happened that as we were going to
Sorcery » Practiced » By charlatan jews
But also some of the Jewish
Sorcery » Practiced » By the ninevites
All because of the many harlotries of the harlot, The charming one, the mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations by her harlotries And families by her sorceries. "Behold, I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts; "And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And show to the nations your nakedness And to the kingdoms your disgrace.
Sorcery » Practiced » By jezebel
When
Sorcery » Books of, destroyed
And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it
Sorcery » Practiced » By elymas (bar-jesus)
But Elymas the
Sorcery » Belongs to the works of the flesh
idolatry,
Sorcery » Diviners will be confounded
And the
Indeed, they will all
Because there is
Sorcery » By rods
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing
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Sorcery And Magic
Revelation 18:23and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the