SUPERSTITION

Passages on this topic · 40

• 1 Samuel 4:3

  When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”

• 1 Samuel 4:10

  The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.

• 1 Samuel 4:11

  God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

• 1 Samuel 5:5

  Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon’s house, step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.

• 1 Kings 20:23

  The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.

• Jeremiah 44:17

  But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

• Jeremiah 44:18

  But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

• Jeremiah 44:19

  “When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?”

• Daniel 4:8

  But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, saying,

• Daniel 4:9

  Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.

• Jonah 1:4

  But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

• Jonah 1:5

  Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

• Jonah 1:6

  So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

• Jonah 1:7

  They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

• Jonah 1:8

  Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

• Jonah 1:9

  He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”

• Jonah 1:10

  Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

• Jonah 1:11

  Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.

• Jonah 1:12

  He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”

• Jonah 1:13

  Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

• Jonah 1:14

  Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

• Jonah 1:15

  So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

• Jonah 1:16

  Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.

• Matthew 8:34

  Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

• Matthew 14:26

  When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.

• Mark 6:14

  King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

• Mark 6:16

  But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”

• Mark 6:49

  but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

• Mark 6:50

  for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

• Acts 12:14

  When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

• Acts 12:15

  They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

• Acts 19:13

  But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

• Acts 19:14

  There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

• Acts 19:15

  The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”

• Acts 19:16

  The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

• Acts 19:17

  This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

• Acts 19:18

  Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

• Acts 19:19

  Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

• Acts 25:19

  but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

• Acts 28:6

  But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.