Bible Verses About Superstition
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for superstition, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,229 votes, led by 1 Timothy 4:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Superstition
1 Timothy 4:7310 votes
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12137 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,
Leviticus 19:3184 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Colossians 2:18-2369 votes
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Acts 19:13-1954 votes
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Acts 28:3-635 votes
And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
1 Timothy 4:534 votes
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Deuteronomy 4:1927 votes
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Colossians 2:825 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Daniel 4:923 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.
Jonah 1:4-1623 votes
But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
2 Kings 21:622 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.
Galatians 4:8-1122 votes
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Matthew 14:2621 votes
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
Acts 25:1921 votes
But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Romans 10:1321 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 8:3120 votes
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Colossians 2:8-1018 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Philippians 4:1316 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 Samuel 4:315 votes
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
Jeremiah 44:17-1915 votes
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Acts 17:2215 votes
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
2 Timothy 1:715 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Isaiah 41:1014 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Mark 6:1614 votes
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
What does the Bible say about superstition?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:7 on the subject of superstition. Across 1,229 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Leviticus 19:31, Colossians 2:18-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.