Bible Verses About Speaking with the Dead
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for speaking with the dead, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,263 votes, led by Deuteronomy 18:10-13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Speaking with the Dead
Deuteronomy 18:10-13211 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,
Ecclesiastes 9:5185 votes
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
1 John 4:1175 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 19:31157 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
1 Timothy 2:5152 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Isaiah 8:19-20135 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?
Leviticus 20:27109 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.
2 Corinthians 11:14109 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
John 14:6107 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Luke 16:19-31102 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Ecclesiastes 12:796 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Isaiah 8:1993 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?
Matthew 22:3287 votes
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
1 Chronicles 10:13-1486 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;
Psalms 115:1786 votes
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
1 Timothy 4:182 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Leviticus 20:676 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 Samuel 28:1-2566 votes
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
2 Kings 21:665 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.
Revelation 21:856 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.
Ecclesiastes 9:5-653 votes
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Deuteronomy 18:1150 votes
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deuteronomy 18:10-1248 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,
John 16:1344 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Galatians 5:19-2143 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
What does the Bible say about speaking with the dead?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 18:10-13 on the subject of speaking with the dead. Across 3,263 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 9:5, 1 John 4:1, Leviticus 19:31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.