18 Bible Verses About Witchcraft, and the Reason Scripture Gives for Forbidding It

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Résumé

  • Scripture bans witchcraft not because the practices are empty but because they seek knowledge and power from somewhere other than God — Isaiah 8:19 puts the whole objection in one question.
  • Deuteronomy 18:10-12 names specific trades, each a recognised paid service in the ancient Near East.
  • Exodus 22:18 in the King James was quoted at the European witch trials; it is a criminal statute given to one covenant nation with its own courts, not a licence for private citizens.
  • Exodus 7 does not say the Egyptian magicians failed — it says Aaron’s staff swallowed theirs. Scripture treats rival power as outmatched rather than imaginary.
  • Ephesians 6:12 says the struggle is not against flesh and blood, which rules out treating a neighbor as the enemy.

The Bible forbids witchcraft and every related practice: divination, sorcery, casting spells, and consulting mediums or the dead. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 lists them, and the reason Scripture gives is that these seek knowledge and power from a source other than God. Isaiah puts the objection in a question: “should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?” (Isaiah 8:19). The verses below cover the law, the story of Saul at Endor, the New…

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Bibliographie (cliquer pour afficher)

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version; Exodus 22:18 is also given in the King James Version where that rendering is discussed.

Modern translations render the Hebrew of Exodus 22:18 as “sorceress” (NIV, ESV, NASB). Whether the King James “witch” is a fair rendering is disputed among scholars; what is not disputed is that the verse was cited during the early modern witch trials.

Supporting detail from the text: Saul had expelled the mediums himself (1 Samuel 28:3); Manasseh’s practices repeat the Deuteronomy 18 list (2 Kings 21:6); Elijah’s fire from heaven, echoed in Revelation 13:13, is at 1 Kings 18:38.

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