Divination 

·         An abominable practice
1 Samuel 15:23

• All who practised it, abominable
  Deuteronomy 18:12
• PRACTISED BY
  • Diviners
    Deuteronomy 18:14
  • Enchanters
    Deuteronomy 18:10; Jeremiah 27:9
  • Witches
    Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:10
  • Charmers
    Deuteronomy 18:11
  • Wizards
    Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:3
  • Consulters of familiar spirits
    Deuteronomy 18:11
  • Magicians
    Genesis 41:8; Daniel 4:7
  • Astrologers
    Isaiah 47:13; Daniel 4:7
  • Sorcerers
    Jeremiah 27:9; Acts 13:6,8
  • Necromancers
    Deuteronomy 18:11
  • Soothsayers
    Isaiah 2:6; Daniel 2:27
  • False prophets
    Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:3,6
• EFFECTED THROUGH
  • Enchantments
    Exodus 7:11; Numbers 24:1
  • Sorcery
    Isaiah 47:12; Acts 8:11
  • Observing times
    2 Kings 21:6
  • Observing heavenly bodies
    Isaiah 37:13
  • Raising the dead
    1 Samuel 28:11,12
  • Inspecting the inside of beasts
    Ezekiel 21:21
  • The flight of arrows
    Ezekiel 21:21,22
  • Cups
    Genesis 44:2,5
  • Rods
    Hosea 4:12
  • Dreams
    Jeremiah 29:8; Zechariah 10:2
  • Connected with idolatry
    2 Chronicles 33:5,6
  • Books of, numerous and expensive
    Acts 19:19
  • A lucrative employment
    Numbers 22:7; Acts 16:16
• THOSE WHO PRACTISED
  • Regarded as wise men
    Daniel 2:12,27
  • Regarded with awe
    Acts 8:9,11
  • Consulted in difficulties
    Daniel 2:2; 4:6,7
  • Used mysterious words and gestures
    Isaiah 8:19
• A system of fraud
  Ezekiel 13:6,7; Jeremiah 29:8
• Frustrated by God
  Isaiah 44:25
• Could not injure the Lord’s people
  Numbers 23:23
• THE LAW
  • Forbade to the Israelites the practice of
    Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10,11
  • Forbade seeking to
    Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:14
  • Punished with death those who used
    Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 20:27
  • Punished those who sought to
    Leviticus 20:6
• The Jews prone to
  2 Kings 17:17; Isaiah 2:6
• Reference- Torrey Topical Index