37 Bible Verses about magic

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Acts 19:19

Also many of those practicing the curious arts, bringing together the books, burned them before all. And they counted the prices of them and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Isaiah 47:12

Stand now with your spells, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have wearied yourself since your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit; perhaps you may bring terror.

Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, an observer of clouds, or a fortune-teller, or a witch,

Exodus 7:10

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh. And they did so, as Jehovah had commanded. And Aaron threw down his rod in front of Pharaoh and in front of his servants, and it became a snake.

Ezekiel 13:20

Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against your bands with which you are hunting the souls there, to make them fly. And I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, the souls which you are hunting, to make them fly.

Exodus 8:18

And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice upon man and upon beast.

Ezekiel 13:18

and say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to those sewing bands to all joints of my hands, and make long veils for the head of every man of stature, to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and will you save alive the souls for yourselves?

Numbers 23:23

Surely, there is no spell against Jacob, nor any fortune-telling against Israel. According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What God has worked!

Acts 8:11

And they were paying attention to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with conjuring.

Exodus 8:19

And the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had said.

Acts 8:18

And when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he is prudent.

Acts 8:9

But a certain man called Simon had long been conjuring in the city, and amazing the nation of Samaria, claiming himself to be some great one.

Exodus 7:22

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their secret arts. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had said.

Micah 5:12

And I will cut off sorceries out of your hand, and there shall not be fortune-tellers among you.

Exodus 7:12

For each man threw down his rod, and they became snakes. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

Isaiah 3:20

the headdresses, and the leg ornaments, and the sashes, and the houses of the soul, and the amulets;

Revelation 9:21

And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Acts 4:7

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name have you done this?

2 Kings 17:17

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire. And they used divination and incantations, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

1 Samuel 28:7

And Saul said to his servants, Seek me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servant said to him, Behold, there is a woman who is a medium, at Endor.

Ezekiel 13:21

Also I will tear your long veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no more be in your hand to be hunted. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

Isaiah 3:3

the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the adviser, and the skilled worker, and the expert charmer.

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?

Nahum 3:4

because of the many harlotries of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of sorceries who sells nations by her harlotries, and families by her sorceries.

Isaiah 47:9

But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come on you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great power of your enchantments.

Ezekiel 13:19

And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls that should not die; and to save alive the souls that should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.

Acts 16:16

And as we went to prayer, it happened that a certain girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.

Jeremiah 27:9

As for you, do not listen to your prophets, nor to your fortune tellers, nor to your dreamers, nor to your conjurers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon.

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Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles

Exodus 7:22

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their secret arts. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had said.

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works?

Magic » Divination

Jeremiah 27:9

As for you, do not listen to your prophets, nor to your fortune tellers, nor to your dreamers, nor to your conjurers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 21:21

For the king of Babylon shall stand at the parting of the way, at the head of the two highways, to practice divination. He shall shake arrows; he shall ask household idols; he shall look at the liver.

Genesis 44:15

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one like me can certainly divine?

Numbers 22:7

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian pulled up stakes with the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and spoke the words of Balak to him.

Deuteronomy 18:14

For these nations whom you shall possess listened to observers of clouds and to diviners. But as for you, Jehovah your God has not allowed you to do so.

Magic » Sorcery

Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, an observer of clouds, or a fortune-teller, or a witch,

Isaiah 47:9

But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come on you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great power of your enchantments.

Acts 13:6

And when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain conjurer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-jesus;

2 Kings 17:17

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire. And they used divination and incantations, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

Magic » Magicians

Daniel 2:2

And the king commanded to call to the horoscopists, and to the conjurers, and to the sorcerers, and to the Chaldeans, to tell to the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

Daniel 4:7

Then the horoscopists, the conjurers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers came in. And I told the dream before them, but they did not make its meaning known to me.

Exodus 8:19

And the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had said.

Genesis 41:24

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was none that could open it to me.

More verses: Exodus 9:11

Magic » Soothsayers

Daniel 5:7

The king cried aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its meaning, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold around his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Acts 16:16

And as we went to prayer, it happened that a certain girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by divining.

Isaiah 2:6

For You have forsaken Your people the house of Jacob, because they have become full from the east, and are fortune-tellers like the Philistines. And they clap their hands with the children of strangers.

Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has demanded cannot be shown to the king by the wise men, the conjurers, the horoscopists, or the fortune-tellers.

Micah 5:12

And I will cut off sorceries out of your hand, and there shall not be fortune-tellers among you.

Magic » Necromancy

Deuteronomy 18:11

or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or one who calls to the dead.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they shall say to you, Seek to the mediums and to wizards who peep and mutter; should not a people seek to their God, than for the living to the dead?

1 Samuel 28:11

And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to you? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

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Revelation 18:23

And the light of a lamp will never more shine at all in you. And the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will never more be heard at all in you. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by your sorceries all nations were deceived.

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