Bible Verses About Spells
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spells, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 916 votes, led by Deuteronomy 18:9-12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Spells
Deuteronomy 18:9-1265 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.
Exodus 22:1863 votes
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Revelation 21:859 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.
Ezekiel 13:1855 votes
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Matthew 10:2854 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
2 Kings 21:643 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.
Leviticus 19:3141 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
James 4:235 votes
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ezekiel 13:2034 votes
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
Revelation 22:1534 votes
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Galatians 3:127 votes
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Micah 5:1226 votes
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Exodus 7:10-1225 votes
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Leviticus 20:2723 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.
Deuteronomy 18:9-1423 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.
Jeremiah 27:923 votes
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Acts 19:17-1922 votes
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
1 Timothy 2:421 votes
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
2 Chronicles 33:619 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.
2 Kings 23:2417 votes
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
Psalms 103:2-416 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
2 Kings 9:2215 votes
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
Isaiah 8:1915 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?
1 John 4:114 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.
1 John 4:414 votes
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
What does the Bible say about spells?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 18:9-12 on the subject of spells. Across 916 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 22:18, Revelation 21:8, Ezekiel 13:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.