Bible Verses About Talking to the Dead
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for talking to the dead, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,619 votes, led by Leviticus 19:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Talking to the Dead
Leviticus 19:31261 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14179 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;
Ecclesiastes 9:5173 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 18:11163 votes
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Hebrews 9:27123 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Matthew 24:24118 votes
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Micah 5:12111 votes
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
1 John 4:1110 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.
Deuteronomy 18:12104 votes
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Luke 16:19-31104 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Deuteronomy 18:1092 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,
Psalms 115:1787 votes
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
Leviticus 20:2783 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.
1 Samuel 28:1-2578 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.
Ecclesiastes 12:777 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
1 Timothy 2:577 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Psalms 146:475 votes
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Revelation 1:174 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Ecclesiastes 9:5-672 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.
Luke 1:3772 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
John 3:1672 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.
Isaiah 8:19-2068 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 20:664 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.
John 14:662 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Romans 6:2361 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What does the Bible say about talking to the dead?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:31 on the subject of talking to the dead. Across 5,619 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Chronicles 10:13-14, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Deuteronomy 18:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.