Sorcery Divination by an alleged assistance of evil spirits.
Forbidden
Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:14
Denounced
Isaiah 8:19; Malachi 3:5
Practiced:
- By the Egyptians
Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 19:12
- By the magicians
Exodus 7:11; Exodus 7:22; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 8:18
- By Balaam
Numbers 22
- By Jezebel
2 Kings 9:22
- By the Ninevites
Nahum 3:5
- By the Babylonians
Isaiah 47:13; Ezekiel 21:22; Daniel 2:2; Daniel 2:10; Daniel 2:27
- By Belshazzar
Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:15
- By Simon Magus
Acts 8:9; Acts 8:11
- By Elymas
Acts 13:8
- By the damsel at Philippi
Acts 16:16
- By vagabond Jews
Acts 19:13
- By sons of Sceva
Acts 19:15
- By astrologers
Jeremiah 10:2; Micah 3:7
- By false prophets
Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:9; Jeremiah 29:9; Ezekiel 13:9; Ezekiel 22:28; Matthew 24:24
To cease
Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:23; Micah 5:12
Messages of, false
Ezekiel 21:29; Zechariah 10:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
Diviners shall be confounded
Micah 3:7
Belongs to the works of the flesh
Galatians 5:20
Wickedness of
1 Samuel 15:23
Vainness of
Isaiah 44:25
Punishment for
Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 13:5
Divining by:
- Familiar spirits
Leviticus 20:27; 1 Chronicles 10:13; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:4
- Entrails
Ezekiel 21:21
- Images
2 Kings 23:24; Ezekiel 21:21
- Rods
Hosea 4:12
Saul consulted the witch of En-Dor
1 Samuel 28:25
Books of, destroyed
Acts 19:19