Beloved brethren, let us delve into the ancient wisdom of the Scriptures concerning magic and sorcery. In the sacred texts, we find warnings against indulging in such practices, for they lead us away from the one true God.
Magic and sorcery are rooted in the pursuit of power through means outside of God’s divine plan. The Bible makes it clear that we should not rely on occult practices, for they are contrary to the will of the Almighty.
We are cautioned against seeking guidance from mediums, fortune-tellers, and sorcerers, as they tap into forbidden realms, drawing on dark forces beyond human understanding. The story of King Saul seeking the witch of Endor’s help is a stern reminder of the consequences of dabbling in the occult (1 Samuel 28).
Throughout the Bible, sorcery and witchcraft are condemned as abominations. We are urged to turn away from such practices and instead rely on prayer, faith, and trust in God’s providence.
The greatest source of supernatural power lies not in incantations or rituals, but in the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live righteous and godly lives. By walking in the light of God’s Word, we are shielded from the snares of darkness.
Remember, dear brethren, the words of Galatians 5:19-21, which warns against the works of the flesh, including sorcery. Let us, therefore, cling to the teachings of the Bible and seek God’s will in all things, for His wisdom surpasses any mystical allure the world may offer.
Dear friends now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about Magic And Sorcery.
Exodus 22:18
“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live”
Deuteronomy 18:10
“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”
Leviticus 20:27
“A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them”
1 Samuel 15:23
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord , he hath also rejected thee from being king”
2 Chronicles 33:6
“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”
Micah 5:12
“And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers”
Isaiah 8:19
“And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?”
Jeremiah 27:9
“Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon”
Ezekiel 13:18
“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?”
Ezekiel 13:20
“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”
Acts 8:9
“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”
Acts 13:6
“And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus”
Acts 19:19
“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”
Galatians 5:20
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies”
Leviticus 19:26
“Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times”
2 Kings 21:6
“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”
2 Kings 23:24
“Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord”
1 Chronicles 10:13
“So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord , even against the word of the Lord , which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it”
Malachi 3:5
“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts”
Acts 16:16
“And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying”
Acts 19:13
“Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth”
1 Timothy 4:1
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”
Leviticus 20:6
“And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people”
2 Chronicles 33:15
“And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord , and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord , and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city”
Isaiah 47:12
“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”
Jeremiah 10:2
“Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them”
Ezekiel 21:21
“For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver”
Acts 19:18
“And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds”
Romans 1:25
“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen”
2 Thessalonians 2:9
“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders”
1 John 4:1
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world”
Revelation 18:23
“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived”
Deuteronomy 18:14
“For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do”
Isaiah 19:3
“And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards”
Jeremiah 29:8
“For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed”
Daniel 2:27
“Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king”
Acts 8:11
“And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries”
Revelation 9:21
“Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their lewdness, nor of their thefts”
