Jeremiah 27:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You might have people in your kingdom who claim they can tell the future by magic or by talking with the dead or by dreams or messages from a god. But don't pay attention if any of them tell you not to obey Nebuchadnezzar.

Cross References

Exodus 22:18

Death is the punishment for witchcraft.

Exodus 7:11

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

Proverbs 19:27

If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know.

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

Jeremiah 14:14

The LORD answered: They claim to speak for me, but they're lying! I didn't even speak to them, much less choose them to be my prophets. Their messages come from worthless dreams, useless fortune-telling, and their own imaginations.

Jeremiah 23:16

Don't listen to the lies of these false prophets, you people of Judah! The message they preach is something they imagined; it did not come from me, the LORD All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 23:25

These unfaithful prophets claim that I have given them a dream or a vision, and then they tell lies in my name.

Jeremiah 29:8

Some of your people there in Babylonia are fortune-tellers, and you have asked them to tell you what will happen in the future. But they will only lead you astray. And don't let the prophets fool you, either. They speak in my name, but they are liars. I have not spoken to them.

Ezekiel 21:29

You wicked Ammonites see false visions and believe untrue messages. But your day of punishment is coming soon, and my sword will slaughter you!

Daniel 4:7

After they arrived, I told them my dream, but they were not able to say what it meant.

Micah 3:7

You prophets and fortune-tellers will all be disgraced, with no message from me.”

Zechariah 10:2

You can't believe idols and fortune-tellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Acts 8:11

For a long time, Simon had used witchcraft to amaze the people, and they kept crowding around him.

Ephesians 5:6

Don't let anyone trick you with foolish talk. God punishes everyone who disobeys him and says foolish things.

Deuteronomy 18:14

You will go in and take the land from nations that practise magic and witchcraft. But the LORD your God won't allow you to do those things.

Joshua 13:22

The Israelites also killed Balaam the son of Beor, who had been a fortune-teller.

Revelation 18:23

Lamps will no longer shine anywhere in Babylon, and couples will never again say wedding vows there. Her merchants ruled the earth, and by her witchcraft she fooled all nations.

Revelation 21:8

But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulphur. This is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

But outside the city will be dogs, witches, immoral people, murderers, idol worshippers, and everyone who loves to tell lies and do wrong.

Revelation 9:21

No one stopped murdering or practising witchcraft or being immoral or stealing.