Isaiah 8:19

New American Bible - revised edition

And when they say to you, “Inquire of ghosts and soothsayers who chirp and mutter; should not a people inquire of their gods, consulting the dead on behalf of the living,

Cross References

Genesis 41:24

and the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven healthy ears. I have spoken to the magicians, but there is no one to explain it to me.”

2 Kings 1:3

Meanwhile, the messenger of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite: Go and meet the messengers of Samaria’s king, and tell them: “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron?”

2 Kings 21:6

He immolated his child by fire. He practiced soothsaying and divination, and reintroduced the consulting of ghosts and spirits. He did much evil in the Lord’s sight and provoked him to anger.

2 Kings 23:24

Further, Josiah purged the consultation of ghosts and spirits, with the household gods, idols, and all the other horrors to be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he might carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 10:13

Thus Saul died because of his treason against the Lord in disobeying his word, and also because he had sought counsel from a ghost,

2 Chronicles 33:6

It was he, too, who immolated his children by fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced soothsaying and divination, and reintroduced the consulting of ghosts and spirits. He did much evil in the Lord’s sight and provoked him to anger.

Psalm 106:28

They joined in the rites of Baal of Peor, ate food sacrificed to the dead.

Isaiah 19:3

The courage of the Egyptians shall ebb away within them, and I will bring their counsel to nought; They shall consult idols and charmers, ghosts and clairvoyants.

Isaiah 26:14

Dead they are, they cannot live, shades that cannot rise; Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them, and wiped out all memory of them.

Isaiah 29:4

You shall speak from beneath the earth, and from the dust below, your words shall come. Your voice shall be that of a ghost from the earth, and your words shall whisper from the dust.

Isaiah 30:2

They go down to Egypt, without asking my counsel, To seek strength in Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Do you question me about my children, tell me how to treat the work of my hands?

Isaiah 47:12

Keep on with your spells and your many sorceries, at which you toiled from your youth. Perhaps you can prevail, perhaps you can strike terror!

Isaiah 47:13

You wore yourself out with so many consultations! Let the astrologers stand forth to save you, The stargazers who forecast at each new moon what would happen to you.

Jeremiah 10:10

The Lord is truly God, he is the living God, the eternal King, Before whose anger the earth quakes, whose wrath the nations cannot endure.

Jeremiah 27:9

You, however, must not listen to your prophets, to your diviners and dreamers, to your soothsayers and sorcerers, who say to you, “Do not serve the king of Babylon.”

Leviticus 19:31

Do not turn to ghosts or consult spirits, by which you will be defiled. I, the Lord, am your God.

Leviticus 20:6

Should anyone turn to ghosts and spirits and prostitute oneself with them, I will turn against that person and cut such a one off from among the people.

Micah 5:12

I will destroy your carved figures and the sacred stones from your midst; And you shall no longer worship the works of your hands.

Acts 16:16

As we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl with an oracular spirit, who used to bring a large profit to her owners through her fortune-telling.

Deuteronomy 18:10

Let there not be found among you anyone who causes their son or daughter to pass through the fire, or practices divination, or is a soothsayer, augur, or sorcerer,

Deuteronomy 18:11

or who casts spells, consults ghosts and spirits, or seeks oracles from the dead.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

2 Peter 2:1

There were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who ransomed them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

1 Samuel 28:11

“Whom do you want me to conjure up?” the woman asked him. “Conjure up Samuel for me,” he replied. Samuel Appears.

1 Samuel 28:16

To this Samuel said: “But why do you ask me, if the Lord has abandoned you for your neighbor?

1 Samuel 28:7

Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a medium through whom I can seek counsel.” His servants answered him, “There is a woman in Endor who is a medium.” The Medium at Endor.

1 Samuel 28:8

So he disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and set out with two companions. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said to her, “Divine for me; conjure up the spirit I tell you.”