Topic
Necromancy
5 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 18:11Nave General scriptures concerning
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- Deuteronomy 26:14Nave General scriptures concerning
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
- 1 Samuel 28:7–19Nave INSTANCE OF — The witch of En-dor
¶ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on…
- Isaiah 8:19Nave General scriptures concerning
¶ 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?
- Isaiah 29:4Nave General scriptures concerning
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
nek'-ro-man-si.
See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 5 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning De 18:11; 26:14; Isa 8:19; 29:4
- → INSTANCE OF
- The witch of En-dor 1Sa 28:7-19
- See FAMILIAR SPIRITS
- See SORCERY
- See WITCHCRAFT
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.