Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-
Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his fo
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of t
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a l
But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic a
But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not li
They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple o
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrat
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
And the second beast performed great signs, even causing fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the p
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interpret