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Acts 16:16
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Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 As we were going to (A)the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had (B)a spirit of (C)divination and (D)brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
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Acts 16:16
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Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(A) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(B) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
Leviticus 19:31
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Leviticus 19:31
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31 (A)“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 19:31
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Leviticus 19:31
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31 “‘Do not turn to mediums(A) or seek out spiritists,(B) for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 18:9-11
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Deuteronomy 18:9-11
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Abominable Practices
9 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone (B)who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[a] anyone who (C)practices divination or (D)tells fortunes or interprets omens, or (E)a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or (F)a medium or a necromancer or (G)one who inquires of the dead,
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- Deuteronomy 18:10 Hebrew makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire
Deuteronomy 18:9-11
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Deuteronomy 18:9-11
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Occult Practices
9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate(A) the detestable ways(B) of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(C) who practices divination(D) or sorcery,(E) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(F) 11 or casts spells,(G) or who is a medium or spiritist(H) or who consults the dead.
Isaiah 8:19
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Isaiah 8:19
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19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the (A)mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of (B)the dead on behalf of the living?
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Isaiah 8:19
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Isaiah 8:19
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The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Galatians 5:20
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Galatians 5:20
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20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (A)divisions,
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Galatians 5:20
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Galatians 5:20
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20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
1 Chronicles 10:13
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1 Chronicles 10:13
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13 So Saul died (A)for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also (B)consulted a medium, seeking guidance.
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1 Chronicles 10:13
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1 Chronicles 10:13
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13 Saul died(A) because he was unfaithful(B) to the Lord; he did not keep(C) the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium(D) for guidance,
1 Samuel 28:7
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1 Samuel 28:7
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7 Then Saul said to his servants, (A)“Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at (B)En-dor.”
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1 Samuel 28:7
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1 Samuel 28:7
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7 Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,(A) so I may go and inquire of her.”
“There is one in Endor,(B)” they said.
1 Timothy 6:10
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1 Timothy 6:10
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10 For the love of money is a root of (A)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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1 Timothy 6:10
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1 Timothy 6:10
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10 For the love of money(A) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith(B) and pierced themselves with many griefs.(C)
Exodus 7:11-12
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Exodus 7:11-12
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11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the (A)magicians of Egypt, also (B)did the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
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Exodus 7:11-12
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Exodus 7:11-12
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11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers,(A) and the Egyptian magicians(B) also did the same things by their secret arts:(C) 12 Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
2 Timothy 3:8
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2 Timothy 3:8
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8 Just as (A)Jannes and Jambres (B)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (C)men corrupted in mind and (D)disqualified regarding the faith.
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2 Timothy 3:8
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2 Timothy 3:8
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8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,(A) so also these teachers oppose(B) the truth. They are men of depraved minds,(C) who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
Acts 16:18
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Acts 16:18
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18 And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, (A)“I command you (B)in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And (C)it came out that very hour.
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Acts 16:18
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Acts 16:18
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18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.(A)
Acts 16:13
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Acts 16:13
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13 And (A)on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate (B)to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we (C)sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
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Acts 16:13
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Acts 16:13
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13 On the Sabbath(A) we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
1 Samuel 28:3
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1 Samuel 28:3
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3 Now (A)Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him (B)in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put (C)the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.
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1 Samuel 28:3
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1 Samuel 28:3
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Saul and the Medium at Endor
3 Now Samuel was dead,(A) and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah.(B) Saul had expelled(C) the mediums and spiritists(D) from the land.
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