The Bible warns against participating in practices that involve darkness, evil, or the occult, as they can lead to spiritual harm. Ephesians 5:11 cautions against having fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, while 1 Corinthians 10:21 reminds us not to partake in the table of demons. Additionally, Leviticus 19:31 prohibits seeking out mediums and spiritists, and 1 Peter 5:8 urges believers to be vigilant against the devil's schemes. By avoiding involvement in such practices, Christians can instead choose to walk in the light, as guided by Ephesians 4:27, and live a life that honors God.
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Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Test and prove what pleases the Lord. Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.