Acts 8:9

New Century Version

But there was a man named Simon in that city. Before Philip came there, Simon had practiced magic and amazed all the people of Samaria. He bragged and called himself a great man.

Cross References

Exodus 7:11

So the king called in his wise men and his magicians, and with their tricks the Egyptian magicians were able to do the same thing.

Exodus 7:22

Using their tricks, the magicians of Egypt did the same thing. So the king was stubborn and refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 9:11

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because all the Egyptians had boils, even the magicians.

Leviticus 20:6

“ ‘I will be against anyone who goes to mediums and fortune-tellers for advice, because that person is being unfaithful to me. So I will cut him off from his people.

John 7:18

Those who teach their own ideas are trying to get honor for themselves. But those who try to bring honor to the one who sent them speak the truth, and there is nothing false in them.

Acts 13:6

They went across the whole island to Paphos where they met a magician named Bar-Jesus. He was a false prophet

Acts 13:8

But Elymas, the magician, was against them. (Elymas is the name for Bar-Jesus in the Greek language.) He tried to stop the governor from believing in Jesus.

Acts 5:36

Remember when Theudas appeared? He said he was a great man, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all his followers were scattered; they were able to do nothing.

Acts 8:11

Simon had amazed them with his magic so long that the people became his followers.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will be against and put himself above any so-called god or anything that people worship. And that Man of Evil will even go into God’s Temple and sit there and say that he is God.

2 Timothy 3:2

because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants.

2 Timothy 3:5

and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people.

2 Peter 2:18

They brag with words that mean nothing. By their evil desires they lead people into the trap of sin—people who are just beginning to escape from others who live in error.

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the evil people, those who do evil magic, who sin sexually, who murder, who worship idols, and who love lies and tell lies.