Verses in the bible that address witchcraft?

Question

For a project regarding religious intolerance.

Answer 1

Excellent question. Here is an extract from my personal Bible Study Companion that I am writing.

Magic, The practice of working wonders beyond human powers. Concerning the practice of Divination or Soothsaying (Lev 19.26); Witchcraft, Omens, or Sorcery (Deut 18.10); Consulting Mediums, Spiritists (Lev 19.31, 20.6, 20.27), or Necromancy (Deut 18.11-12). Other references include 2 Kn 17.17, 21.6; 1 Sam 6.2, 28.7-11; Isa 44.25, 47.9

This should get you on your way.

Answer 2

Exodus 22:18 (KJV)
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

1 Samuel 28 - read the chapter, its about sault seeking a witch to conjure the spirit of Samuel.

Answer 3

Deuteronomy 18:10
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,

2 Kings 9:22
When Joram saw Jehu he asked, "Have you come in peace, Jehu?" "How can there be peace," Jehu replied, "as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?"

2 Chronicals 33:6
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger

Nahum 3:3-5
Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses-

all because of the wanton lust of a harlot,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,
who enslaved nations by her prostitution
and peoples by her witchcraft.

"I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty.
"I will lift your skirts over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness
and the kingdoms your shame.

Answer 4

Here are some scriptures referring to witchcraft:
REVELATION 21:8
EXODUS 22:18
LEVITICUS 20:27
EPHESIANS 6:12
DEUT. 18:11