What Does the Bible Say About Spiritualism?

Isaiah 8:19 ESV / 88 helpful votes

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 19:31 ESV / 79 helpful votes

“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.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 64 helpful votes

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.

Leviticus 20:6 ESV / 51 helpful votes

“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.

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes

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,

Deuteronomy 18:9-13 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“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,

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ESV / 27 helpful votes

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.

Luke 10:17-20 ESV / 25 helpful votes

The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

1 Chronicles 10:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.

Leviticus 20:27 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes

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 4:16 ESV / 21 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

2 Peter 2:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Acts 16:16-18 ESV / 14 helpful votes

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Psalm 115:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

Deuteronomy 18:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Ecclesiastes 9:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

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.

1 Samuel 28:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.

Matthew 6:5-14 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. ...

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Leviticus 18:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Matthew 22:30 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

1 Corinthians 15:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ...

Psalm 6:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

1 Chronicles 10:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

1 Corinthians 12:7-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. ...

Isaiah 29:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak, and from the dust your speech will be bowed down; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and from the dust your speech shall whisper.

Isaiah 2:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

2 Kings 17:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin.

2 Kings 17:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Exodus 7:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Daniel 2:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,

1 Kings 17:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.

Exodus 8:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Job 14:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

1 Samuel 15:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Revelation 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

Galatians 3:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Daniel 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

48 Bible Verses about Spiritualism

Isaiah 8:19 ESV / 88 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 19:31 ESV / 79 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 64 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 20:6 ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 18:9-13 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:17-20 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 10:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 20:27 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:16 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 2:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 16:16-18 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 115:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 18:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 28:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:5-14 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 18:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:30 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 6:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 10:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 12:7-12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 29:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 2:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 17:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 17:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 7:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 2:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 17:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 8:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 14:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 15:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:1-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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