Scripture passages about divination, magic, witchcraft, diviners, and consulting spirits.
10 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Deuteronomy 18:10–12
10 There must not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, a diviner, one who practices divination, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, 11 one who casts spells, one who consults spirits, a wizard, or one who inquires of the dead; 12 for everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God drives them out before you;
Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to those who consult the dead, and do not go to wizards, and do not defile yourselves through them. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:27
Whether man or woman, if they consult the dead or practice sorcery, they shall surely be put to death; they shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.
Exodus 22:18
You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
Galatians 5:19–21
19 The works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, factions, heresies, 21 envy, [murder,] drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Acts 19:18–19
18 Many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their deeds. 19 And a considerable number of those who had practiced sorcery gathered their books and burned them in the sight of everyone. They calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand drachmas.
Isaiah 8:19
And when they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists, those who whisper and mutter”—should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
1 Samuel 28:7–8
7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied, “There is a woman who is a medium at Endor.” 8 So Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and he and two men went to the woman by night. He said to her, “Saul:” “Please practice divination for me and bring up for me the one I name to you.”
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, unbelieving, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.
Acts 16:16–18
16 Once, as we were going to prayer, a slave girl who had a spirit of divination met us. She earned her masters a great deal of money by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” 18 She did this for many days. Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And the spirit came out at that very moment.
