What the Bible says about

Necromancy

5 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.”
Deuteronomy 18:11 BSB
“I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.”
Deuteronomy 26:14 BSB
“When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?”
Isaiah 8:19 BSB
“You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.”
Isaiah 29:4 BSB
“Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.”
1 Samuel 28:7-19 BSB
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