But Pharaoh called in wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts.
Each of them threw down their walking sticks and they also turned into snakes, but Aaron's walking stick swallowed up all their walking sticks.
You must not allow a woman who practices witchcraft to live.
Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.
Don't try and find help from mediums or spiritists—don't even go looking for them, otherwise they will corrupt you. I am the Lord your God.
I will also disown and expel from their people anyone who goes to mediums or spiritists and in this way commits spiritual prostitution with them.
Anyone, man or a woman, who is a medium or a spiritist must be executed. They are to be stoned to death; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.”
Once you enter the country the Lord your God is giving you, don't copy the offensive ways of the nations there.
No one is to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire, practice divination or fortune-telling, use magic or sorcery,
practice witchcraft, visit a medium or spiritist, or communicate with the dead. Anyone does such things offends the Lord.
It's because of these offensive things that the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you.
You are to be innocent of such things in the presence of the Lord your God.
Even though these nations, whose land you will occupy, listen to magicians and fortune-tellers, the Lord your God forbids you to do so.
He set up altars to worship the sun, moon, and stars in the two courtyards of the Lord's Temple.
He even he sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering, and used fortune-telling and witchcraft, and he dealt with mediums and with spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord's sight, making the Lord angry.
When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He did not keep the Lord's commands, and he also went to consult a medium.
He did not consult the Lord, so the Lord put him to death and he handed over the kingship to David, son of Jesse.
The living are conscious of the fact that they're going to die, but the dead have no consciousness of anything. They don't receive any further benefit; they're forgotten.
Their love, hate, and envy—it's all gone. They have no further part in anything that happens here on earth.
For you, Lord, have given up on your people the Israelites, because they have adopted pagan practices from the East, they use spells like the Philistines, and make friends with foreigners.
When someone suggests to you, “Go and ask mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter,” shouldn't people ask their God? Why should they ask the dead on behalf of the living?
Go and examine God's law and his instructions! If what they say doesn't correspond with God's word, there will be no dawn for them.
They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
Don't you listen to your prophets, your fortune-tellers, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your magicians when they tell you, “You won't serve the king of Babylon.”
They're prophesying a lie to you that will lead to your removal from your country. I will expel you and you will die.
I will stop the witchcraft you practice; there will be no more fortune-tellers for you.
I will smash down the idols and stone pillars that stand among you: you shall not bow down and worship idols that you make with your own hands any more.
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.
I will come and put you on trial. I am ready to be a witness against those who:
practice witchcraft
commit adultery
tell lies
give false evidence
cheat employees
oppress widows and orphans
abuse foreigners
and do not respect me, says the Lord Almighty.
They were impressed by him because he had amazed them with his magic for so long.
But when they believed in what Philip told them about the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
One day when we were going down to the place of prayer we met a slave girl possessed by an evil spirit. She earned her masters a great deal of money by fortune-telling.
She went on doing this for several days. This bothered Paul so he turned around and told the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to leave her!” The spirit immediately left her.
A number of those who used to practice sorcery collected their books on magic and brought them to be burned publicly. They worked out how much the books were worth, and the total was fifty thousand silver coins.
It's clear what the sinful human nature produces: sexual immorality, indecency, sensuality,
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy,
Just as human beings die only once, and then are judged,
This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years had ended.)
Blessed and holy are those who take part in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God, and of Christ, and they will reign with him for one thousand years.
But anyone who is a coward, who doesn't trust me, who does disgusting things, who is a murderer, who is sexually immoral, who practices witchcraft, who worships idols, who tells lies—their chosen place is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Those outside the city are dogs, those who practice witchcraft, those who are sexually immoral, those who murder, those who worship idols, and all those who love and invent lies.