(Divination by an alleged assistance of evil spirits)
Forbidden
Leviticus 19:26-28,31; 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:9-14
Denounced
Isaiah 8:19; Malachi 3:5
Practiced
- By the Egyptians
  Isaiah 19:3,11,12
- By the magicians
  Exodus 7:11,22; 8:7,18
- By Balaam
  Numbers 22:6; 23:23; 22; 23
- By Jezebel
  2 Kings 9:22
- By the Ninevites
  Nahum 3:4,5
- By the Babylonians
  Isaiah 47:9-13; Ezekiel 21:21,22; Daniel 2:2,10,27
- By Belshazzar
  Daniel 5:7,15
- By Simon the Sorcerer (Magus)
  Acts 8:9; 11
- By Elymas (Bar-Jesus)
  Acts 13:8
- By the girl at Philippi
  Acts 16:16
- By charlatan Jews
  Acts 19:13
- By sons of Sceva
  Acts 19:14,15
- By astrologers
  Jeremiah 10:2; Micah 3:6,7
- By false prophets
  Jeremiah 14:14; 27:9; 29:8,9; Ezekiel 13:6-9; 22:28; Matthew 24:24
To cease
Ezekiel 12:23,24; 13:23; Micah 5:12
Messages of, false
Ezekiel 21:29; Zechariah 10:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
Diviners will 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 (mediums or spiritists)
Leviticus 20:27; 1 Chronicles 10:13; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Isaiah 8:19; 19:3; 29:4
By entrails
Ezekiel 21:21
By images
2 Kings 23:24; Ezekiel 21:21
By rods
Hosea 4:12
Saul consulted the Witch of Endor
1 Samuel 28:7-25
Books of, destroyed
Acts 19:19

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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Sorcery'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ntb/s/sorcery.html. 1896.

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