Sorcery

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Divination by an alleged assistance of evil spirits)
• ForbiddenLeviticus 19:26–28Leviticus 19:31Leviticus 20:6Deuteronomy 18:9–14
• DenouncedIsaiah 8:19Malachi 3:5
• Practiced
• By the EgyptiansIsaiah 19:3Isaiah 19:11Isaiah 19:12
• By the magiciansExodus 7:11Exodus 7:22Exodus 8:7Exodus 8:18
• By Balaam with 22; 23Numbers 22:6Numbers 23:23
• By Jezebel2 Kings 9:22
• By the NinevitesNahum 3:4Nahum 3:5
• By the BabyloniansIsaiah 47:9–13Ezekiel 21:21Ezekiel 21:22Daniel 2:2Daniel 2:10Daniel 2:27
• By BelshazzarDaniel 5:7Daniel 5:15
• By Simon the Sorcerer (Magus)Acts 8:9Acts 11

The passages, in Bible order (63)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 7:11

   But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

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   “Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers,....

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2. Exodus 7:22

   But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

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   “And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments,....

   “And the magicians - did so - But if all the water in Egypt was turned into blood by Moses, where did the magicians get the water which they changed into blood? This question is answered in Exo 7:24. The Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, and it seems that the water obtained by this means was not bloody like that in the river: on this water therefore the magicians might operate.

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3. Exodus 8:7

   But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 8:72 voices

   “And the magicians did so with their enchantments, &c.

   “The magicians would seem to have been able to increase the plague, but not to remove it; hence, Pharaoh’s application to Moses, the first symptoms of yielding.

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4. Exodus 8:18

   The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 8:181 voice

   “After these plagues, gnats are brought forth. This animal flies through the air suspended on wings. But it is so subtle and minute that it escapes being seen by the eye unless one looks closely. But when it lands on the body it drills in …

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5. Exodus 22:18

   You must not allow a sorceress to live.

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   “Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.

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6. Leviticus 19:26–28

   You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

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   “Ye shall not eat anything with the blood,....

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7. Leviticus 19:31

   You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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   “Regard not them that have familiar spirits,....

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8. Leviticus 20:6

   Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

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   “The soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits,....

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9. Leviticus 20:27

   A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”

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   “A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit,....

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10. Numbers 22:6

    So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

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    “Come now, therefore, I pray thee,....

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11. Numbers 23:23

    For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

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    “Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel,....

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12. Deuteronomy 13:5

    Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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    “And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death,....

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13. Deuteronomy 18:9–14

    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

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    “When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee,....

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14. 1 Samuel 15:23

    For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

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    “24. What is it that those who resist and refuse to comply are likened by the prophet to diviners and idolaters, except that diviners strove to know divine things and to divine hidden matters, while idolaters subjected themselves to figments by venerating them? But those who resist the commands of their superiors resist precisely because they judge that they know the divine will better.

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15. 1 Samuel 28:7–25

    Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.

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    “And his servants said to her, etc. Correctly it is narrated that the woman with a familiar spirit, whom some call a ventriloquist, lived in Endor, which means in the fountain or eye of generation, so that the very place of her habitation bears witness …

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16. 2 Kings 9:22

    When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

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    “So he went out with a group of select men. But he met Joram, king of Israel, in the course of his journey, and little later Ahaziah, king of Judah. He was able to defeat them after the first attack and killed them both.

    “And it came to pass, when Joram saw, Jehu, that he said, is it peace, Jehu?....

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