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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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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Leviticus 20:6
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6 “If (A)a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, (B)I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
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2 Chronicles 33:6
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6 (A)And he burned his sons as an offering (B)in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and (C)used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with (D)mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
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Psalm 106:28
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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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Isaiah 29:4
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4 (A)And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
your voice shall come from the ground like (B)the voice of a ghost,
and from the dust your speech shall whisper.
Isaiah 19:3
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3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound[a] their (A)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and (B)the mediums and the necromancers;
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- Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up
Deuteronomy 18:11
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11 or a charmer or (A)a medium or a necromancer or (B)one who inquires of the dead,
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Jeremiah 10:10
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10 (A)But the Lord is the true God;
(B)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
2 Kings 21:6
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6 (A)And he burned his son as an offering[a] and (B)used fortune-telling and (C)omens and dealt (D)with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
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- 2 Kings 21:6 Hebrew made his son pass through the fire
1 Samuel 28:8
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8 So Saul (A)disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, (B)“Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.”
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2 Kings 23:24
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24 Moreover, Josiah put away (A)the mediums and the necromancers and (B)the household gods and (C)the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish (D)the words of the law that were written in the book (E)that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
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2 Kings 1:3
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3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah (A)the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of (B)Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
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1 Samuel 28:16
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16 And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy?
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2 Peter 2:1
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False Prophets and Teachers
2 But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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1 Samuel 28:11
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11 Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”
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1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of (A)reception we had among you, and how (B)you turned to God (C)from idols to serve the living and (D)true God,
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