Isaiah 8:19

New Century Version

Some people say, “Ask the mediums and fortune-tellers, who whisper and mutter, what to do.” But I tell you that people should ask their God for help. Why should people who are still alive ask something from the dead?

Cross References

Genesis 41:24

Then the thin heads ate the seven good heads. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain its meaning to me.”

2 Kings 1:3

But the Lord’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers sent by the king of Samaria. Ask them, ‘Why are you going to ask questions of Baal-Zebub, god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no God in Israel?’

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 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.

Psalm 106:28

They joined in worshiping Baal at Peor and ate meat that had been sacrificed to lifeless statues.

Isaiah 19:3

The Egyptians will be afraid, and I will ruin their plans. They will ask advice from their idols and spirits of the dead, from their mediums and fortune-tellers.”

Isaiah 26:14

Those masters are now dead; their ghosts will not rise from death. You punished and destroyed them and erased any memory of them.

Isaiah 29:4

You will be pulled down and will speak from the ground; I will hear your voice rising from the ground. It will sound like the voice of a ghost; your words will come like a whisper from the dirt.

Isaiah 30:2

They go down to Egypt for help without asking me about it first. They hope they will be saved by the king of Egypt; they want Egypt to protect them.

Isaiah 45:11

This is what the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker, says: “You ask me about what will happen. You question me about my children. You give me orders about what I have made.

Isaiah 47:12

“Keep on using your tricks and doing all your magic that you have used since you were young. Maybe they will help you; maybe you will be able to scare someone.

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 10:10

But the Lord is the only true God. He is the only living God, the King forever. The earth shakes when he is angry, and the nations cannot stand up to his anger.

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.’

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.

Acts 16:16

Once, while we were going to the place for prayer, a servant girl met us. She had a special spirit in her, and she earned a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes.

Deuteronomy 18:10

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.

Deuteronomy 18:11

Don’t let anyone try to control others with magic, and don’t let them be mediums or try to talk with the spirits of dead people.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

People everywhere are telling about the way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell how you stopped worshiping idols and began serving the living and true God.

2 Peter 2:1

There used to be false prophets among God’s people, just as you will have some false teachers in your group. They will secretly teach things that are wrong—teachings that will cause people to be lost. They will even refuse to accept the Master, Jesus, who bought their freedom. So they will bring quick ruin on themselves.

1 Samuel 28:11

The woman asked, “Whom do you want me to bring up?” He answered, “Bring up Samuel.”

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “The Lord has left you and has become your enemy. So why do you call on me?

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.”