Deuteronomy 18:10

New Century Version

Don’t let anyone among you offer a son or daughter as a sacrifice in the fire. Don’t let anyone use magic or witchcraft, or try to explain the meaning of signs.

Cross References

Genesis 44:5

The cup you have stolen is the one my master uses for drinking and for explaining dreams. You have done a very wicked thing!’ ”

2 Kings 16:3

Ahaz did the same things the kings of Israel had done. He even made his son pass through fire. He did the same hateful sins as the nations had done whom the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of the Israelites.

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected the Lord’s laws and the agreement he had made with their ancestors. And they refused to listen to his warnings. They worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. They did what the nations around them did, which the Lord had warned them not to do.

2 Kings 17:17

They made their sons and daughters pass through fire and tried to find out the future by magic and witchcraft. They always chose to do what the Lord said was wrong, which made him angry.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his own son pass through fire. He practiced magic and told the future by explaining signs and dreams, and he got advice from mediums and fortune-tellers. He did many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord angry.

2 Kings 23:24

Josiah destroyed the mediums, fortune-tellers, house gods, and idols. He also destroyed all the hated gods seen in the land of Judah and Jerusalem. This was to obey the words of the teachings written in the book Hilkiah the priest had found in the Temple of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 10:13

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

2 Chronicles 28:3

He burned incense in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and made his children pass through the fire. He did the same hateful sins as the nations had done whom the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He made his children pass through fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. He practiced magic and witchcraft and told the future by explaining signs and dreams. He got advice from mediums and fortune-tellers. He did many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord angry.

Exodus 22:17

But if her father refuses to allow his daughter to marry him, the man must still give the usual payment for a bride who has never had sexual relations.

Exodus 22:18

“Put to death any woman who does evil magic.

Isaiah 47:13

You are tired of the advice you have received. So let those who study the sky— those who tell the future by looking at the stars and the new moons— let them save you from what is about to happen to you.

Jeremiah 27:10

They are telling you lies that will cause you to be taken far from your homeland. I will force you to leave your homes, and you will die in another land.

Jeremiah 27:9

So don’t listen to your false prophets, those who use magic to tell the future, those who explain dreams, the mediums, or magicians. They all tell you, ‘You will not be slaves to the king of Babylon.’

Jeremiah 32:35

In the Valley of Ben Hinnom they built places to worship Baal so they could burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to Molech. But I never commanded them to do such a hateful thing. It never entered my mind that they would do such a thing and cause Judah to sin.

Jeremiah 7:31

The people of Judah have built places of worship at Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. There they burned their own sons and daughters as sacrifices, something I never commanded. It never even entered my mind.

Leviticus 19:26

“ ‘You must not eat anything with the blood in it. “ ‘You must not try to tell the future by signs or black magic.

Leviticus 19:31

“ ‘Do not go to mediums or fortune-tellers for advice, or you will become unclean. I am the Lord your God.

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.

Micah 5:12

I will take away the magic charms you use so you will have no more fortune-tellers.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Acts 19:19

Some of them who had used magic brought their magic books and burned them before everyone. Those books were worth about fifty thousand silver coins.

Acts 8:9

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.

Galatians 5:20

worshiping gods, doing witchcraft, hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people,

Deuteronomy 12:31

Don’t worship the Lord your God that way, because the Lord hates the evil ways they worship their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods!

1 Samuel 15:23

Disobedience is as bad as the sin of sorcery. Pride is as bad as the sin of worshiping idols. You have rejected the Lord’s command. Now he rejects you as king.”

1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel was dead, and all the Israelites had shown their sadness for him. They had buried Samuel in his hometown of Ramah. And Saul had forced out the mediums and fortune-tellers from the land.

1 Samuel 28:7

Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium so I may go and ask her what will happen.” His servants answered, “There is a medium in Endor.”

1 Samuel 28:8

Then Saul put on other clothes to disguise himself, and at night he and two of his men went to see the woman. Saul said to her, “Talk to a spirit for me. Bring up the person I name.”

1 Samuel 28:9

But the woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done. He has forced the mediums and fortune-tellers from the land. You are trying to trap me and get me killed.”