Exodus 7:12
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12 For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
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1 John 4:4
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4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than (A)he who is in the world.
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Exodus 9:11
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11 And the (A)magicians could not stand before Moses because of the (B)boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
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Exodus 8:18-19
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18 Now (A)the magicians so worked with their [a]enchantments to bring forth lice, but they (B)could not. So there were lice on man and beast. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is (C)the[b] finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s (D)heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said.
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- Exodus 8:18 secret arts
- Exodus 8:19 An act of God
Acts 19:19-20
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19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 (A)So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
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Acts 13:8-11
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8 But (A)Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) [a]withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, (B)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, (C)you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 And now, indeed, (D)the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”
And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
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- Acts 13:8 opposed
Acts 8:9-13
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The Sorcerer’s Profession of Faith
9 But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously (A)practiced [a]sorcery in the city and (B)astonished the [b]people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, 10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.” 11 And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his [c]sorceries for a long time. 12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the things (C)concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. 13 Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
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