Bible Verses About Magicians
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for magicians, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,399 votes, led by Exodus 7:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Magicians
Exodus 7:11205 votes
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Exodus 8:7172 votes
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:22157 votes
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.
Daniel 1:20144 votes
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Daniel 4:7138 votes
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 2:10136 votes
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Daniel 2:2135 votes
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
Daniel 2:27134 votes
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Exodus 9:11124 votes
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
Daniel 5:11124 votes
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Daniel 5:796 votes
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Genesis 41:895 votes
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Exodus 8:18-1991 votes
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Acts 8:9-1172 votes
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Daniel 4:961 votes
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Acts 8:960 votes
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Acts 13:6-860 votes
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:
2 Timothy 3:849 votes
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Acts 13:645 votes
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:
Exodus 8:1844 votes
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Genesis 41:2432 votes
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Acts 13:828 votes
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Revelation 22:1528 votes
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Acts 8:1124 votes
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
Leviticus 19:3122 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
What does the Bible say about magicians?
Readers most often cite Exodus 7:11 on the subject of magicians. Across 2,399 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 8:7, Exodus 7:22, Daniel 1:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.