Bible Verses About Black Magic
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for black magic, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,092 votes, led by Deuteronomy 18:9-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Black Magic
Deuteronomy 18:9-14147 votes
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Revelation 21:8126 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Exodus 22:18121 votes
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Leviticus 19:31110 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Isaiah 8:19101 votes
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Galatians 5:19-2193 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Leviticus 20:686 votes
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
1 Peter 5:866 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Leviticus 19:2665 votes
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Matthew 21:2264 votes
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Micah 5:1261 votes
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Isaiah 54:1758 votes
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Luke 10:1757 votes
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Hebrews 13:8-956 votes
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 John 4:154 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Leviticus 20:2750 votes
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
Acts 19:1948 votes
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Exodus 7:20-2246 votes
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
John 3:1645 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Deuteronomy 18:1143 votes
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deuteronomy 18:1440 votes
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
2 Kings 21:640 votes
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
1 Chronicles 10:13-1440 votes
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
Deuteronomy 18:1039 votes
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
2 Chronicles 33:639 votes
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
What does the Bible say about black magic?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 18:9-14 on the subject of black magic. Across 3,092 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 21:8, Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 19:31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.