Definition of NECROMANCY
conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events
Definition of SORCERY
the use of power gained from the assistance or control of evil spirits especially for divining
Definition of DIVINATION
1 - the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the
interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers
2 - unusual insight : intuitive perception (apart from information directly the Holy Spirit)
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance (debate), emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time
past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Leviticus 19:31 ESV
Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the
Lord your God.
Isaiah 8:19 ESV
And when they say to you, ?Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,? should not a people
inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
Leviticus 20:6 ESV
If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will
cut him off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 18:10 ESV
There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices
divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
Revelation 16:14 ESV
For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for
battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of
them is forgotten.
Psalm 115:17 ESV
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ESV
When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable
practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an
offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium
or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And
because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. You shall be blameless before the
Lord your God, ...
Revelation 21:8 ESV
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and
all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.?
1 John 4:1 ESV
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have
gone out into the world.
Hebrews 5:14 ESV
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to
distinguish good from evil.
1 Timothy 4:1 ESV
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful
spirits and teachings of demons
Ephesians 4:30 ESV
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV
And no wonder, for even satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
