Leviticus 19:31 ESV / 160 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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.

Deuteronomy 18:9-12 ESV / 141 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 137 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Isaiah 8:19 ESV / 119 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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?

2 Kings 21:6 ESV / 96 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Leviticus 20:6 ESV / 91 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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.

Leviticus 20:27 ESV / 77 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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.”

1 Samuel 28:7-19 ESV / 72 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.” So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.” The woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?” But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.” Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.” ...

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 68 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.”

Deuteronomy 18:11 ESV / 64 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,

Deuteronomy 18:10 ESV / 63 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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

1 Chronicles 10:13 ESV / 62 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 60 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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,

Isaiah 19:3 ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers;

Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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 / 47 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 43 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

John 16:13 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

2 John 1:9-11 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

2 Kings 23:24 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:11 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

Hosea 4:6 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Ephesians 5:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Romans 8:6 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Acts 16:16 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

1 Samuel 28:1-25 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.” David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.” 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. The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa. When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. ...

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Daniel 4:7 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.

Exodus 7:11 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Daniel 2:27 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

Isaiah 29:4 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Acts 19:19 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Daniel 1:20 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom.

1 Samuel 28:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”

John 14:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 8:44 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Exodus 22:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

Revelation 20:14-15 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Isaiah 44:25 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Deuteronomy 18:21-22 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

Deuteronomy 17:2-5 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden, and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Samuel 28:3 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.

Romans 8:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Romans 5:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Isaiah 8:19-20 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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? To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

2 Kings 9:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?”

1 Samuel 28:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.”

Exodus 8:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

Matthew 7:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Genesis 3:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ...

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But test everything; hold fast what is good.

Romans 1:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

1 Samuel 15:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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.”

John 1:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful 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. 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 Kings 8:39 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

Deuteronomy 26:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful I have not eaten of the tithe while I was mourning, or removed any of it while I was unclean, or offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

Genesis 3:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Revelation 19:6-9 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Ezekiel 21:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he looks at the liver.

Leviticus 19:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.

Revelation 21:1-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Jude 1:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Galatians 5:20-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 12:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

John 1:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Matthew 7:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Jeremiah 27:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’

Isaiah 47:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror.

Deuteronomy 18:9-10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “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

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Revelation 9:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

James 1:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Ezekiel 37:1-14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. ...

2 Chronicles 33:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

2 Kings 21:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

2 Thessalonians 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Isaiah 31:1-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord! And yet he is wise and brings disaster; he does not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity. The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together. For thus the Lord said to me, “As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called out against him he is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.” ...

Deuteronomy 18:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Romans 9:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—