Acts 19:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some who had been practising witchcraft even brought their books and burnt them in public. These books were worth about fifty thousand silver coins.

Cross References

Genesis 35:4

So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings, and he buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.

1 Chronicles 10:13

Saul died because he was unfaithful and disobeyed the LORD. He even asked advice from a woman who talked to spirits of the dead,

2 Chronicles 33:6

and even set up a stone image of a foreign god. Manasseh practised magic and witchcraft; he asked fortune-tellers for advice and sacrificed his own sons in Hinnom Valley. He did many other sinful things and made the LORD very angry. Years ago, God had told David and Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there in the temple I will be worshipped for ever.

Exodus 32:20

He melted the idol the people had made, and he ground it into powder. He scattered it in their water and made them drink it.

Exodus 7:11

Then the king called in the wise men and the magicians, who used their secret powers to do the same thing—

Exodus 7:22

But the Egyptian magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing. The king did just as the LORD had said—he stubbornly refused to listen.

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like rubbish; you will throw them away like filthy rags.

Isaiah 8:19

Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortune-tellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods

Daniel 2:2

So he called in his counsellors, advisers, magicians, and wise men,

Leviticus 13:52

because the mildew has spread.” Then he will burn the clothing or the piece of leather.

Luke 14:33

So then, you cannot be my disciple unless you give away everything you own.

Luke 15:8

Jesus told the people another story: What will a woman do if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them? Won't she light a lamp, sweep the floor, and look carefully until she finds it?

Acts 13:6

Barnabas and Saul went all the way to the city of Paphos on the other end of the island, where they met a Jewish man named Bar-Jesus. He practised witchcraft and was a false prophet.

Acts 13:8

But Bar-Jesus, whose other name was Elymas, was against them. He even tried to keep the governor from having faith in the Lord.

Acts 19:18

Many who were followers now started telling everyone about the evil things they had been doing.

Hebrews 10:34

You were kind to people in jail. And you gladly let your possessions be taken away, because you knew you had something better, something that would last for ever.