Bible Verses About Magic And Sorcery

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Apostolic-age example of people burning magic books after conversion.

But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

Direct apostolic example of Simon using sorcery to mislead people.

And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Acts 8 phrase about Simon bewitched people with sorceries.

Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

Shows Egyptian magicians using secret arts in Exodus.

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Classic judgment oracle against sorceries.

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Mentions a skillful magician and expert in charms.

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

Lists magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and Chaldeans as court specialists.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

Shows Elymas as a sorcerer opposing the faith.

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

Law text forbidding divination and witchcraft.

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

Bible cut off sorceries and no soothsayers.

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Bible list of charmers, familiar spirits, wizards, necromancers.

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Royal example of enchantments and familiar spirits as evil.

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Law text forbidding enchantment and observing times.

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

Talks about magic charms in a prophetic oracle.

And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Another Exodus example of sorcery by the magicians.

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

Identifies Bar-Jesus as a sorcerer and false prophet.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

Old Testament line against divination in Israel.

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

Bible sorceries and enchantments against Babylon.

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Bible mention of enchantments, witchcraft, familiar spirits.

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

Strong legal prohibition of sorceresses.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

Prophetic condemnation of magic charms.

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.

Directly says the magicians used secret arts.

O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

Bible title 'master of the magicians' is only contextual.

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

Bible list of magicians and astrologers in Daniel.