Acts 19:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Some of them had used magic. These believers brought their magic books and burned them before everyone. These books were worth about 50,000 silver coins.

Cross References

Acts 13:8

But the magician Elymas (as Barjesus was called in Greek) spoke against them, trying to stop the governor from believing in Jesus.

Exodus 32:20

Then Moses destroyed the calf that the people had made. He melted it in the fire. Then he ground the gold until it became dust and threw it into the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink that water.

Genesis 35:4

So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and they gave him all the rings they were wearing in their ears. He buried everything under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.

Acts 13:6

They went across the whole island to the city of Paphos. There they met a Jewish man named Barjesus who did magic. He was a false prophet.

Daniel 2:2

So the king called his wise men to come to him. They used magic and watched the stars. They did this to try to interpret dreams and to learn what would happen in the future. The king wanted them to tell him what he had dreamed, so they came in and stood in front of him.

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will take your idols covered with gold and silver and make them unfit to be used again. You will throw them away like filthy rags and say, “Go away!”

Hebrews 10:34

Yes, you helped them in prison and shared in their suffering. And you were still happy when everything you owned was taken away from you. You continued to be happy, because you knew that you had something much better—something that would continue forever.

Luke 14:33

“It is the same for each of you. You must leave everything you have to follow me. If not, you cannot be my follower.

Isaiah 8:19

The people will say, “Go to the fortunetellers and wizards who mumble and chirp like birds. Ask them what to do.” But I say, “Shouldn’t people go to their God for help? Why go to the dead to get help for the living?”

2 Chronicles 33:6

He also burned his own children for a sacrifice in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. He also used magic by doing soothsaying, divination, and sorcery. He talked with mediums and wizards. He did many things that the Lord said were evil and made him angry.

1 Chronicles 10:13

Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord. He did not obey the Lord’s word. Saul also went to a medium and asked her for advice

Exodus 7:22

The magicians used their magic to do the same thing. So Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses and Aaron. This happened just as the Lord said.

Exodus 7:11

So Pharaoh called for his wise men and magicians. These men used their magic, and they were able to do the same thing as Aaron.

Luke 15:8

“Suppose a woman has ten silver coins, but she loses one of them. She will take a light and clean the house. She will look carefully for the coin until she finds it.

Acts 19:18

Many of the believers began to confess, telling about all the evil things they had done.