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Deuteronomy 18:10 (100.00%)

There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

There shall not be found H4672 (8735) among you [any one] that maketh his son H1121 or his daughter H1323 to pass H5674 (8688) through the fire H784, [or] that useth H7080 (8802) divination H7081, [or] an observer of times H6049 (8781), or an enchanter H5172 (8764), or a witch H3784 (8764),

there is not found in thee one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,

Deuteronomy 18:14 (100.00%)

For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.

For these nations H1471, which thou shalt possess H3423 (8802), hearkened H8085 (8799) unto observers of times H6049 (8781), and unto diviners H7080 (8802): but as for thee, the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath not suffered H5414 (8804) thee so [to do].

for these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken; and thou-not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered thee.

Joshua 13:22 (100.00%)

The children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.

Balaam H1109 also the son H1121 of Beor H1160, the soothsayer H7080 (8802), did the children H1121 of Israel H3478 slay H2026 (8804) with the sword H2719 among them H413 that were slain H2491 by them.

And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.

1 Samuel 6:2 (100.00%)

The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with Yahweh’s ark? Show us how we should send it to its place.”

And the Philistines H6430 called H7121 (8799) for the priests H3548 and the diviners H7080 (8802), saying H559 (8800), What shall we do H6213 (8799) to the ark H727 of the LORD H3068? tell H3045 (8685) us wherewith we shall send H7971 (8762) it to his place H4725.

and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, ‘What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?’

1 Samuel 28:8 (100.00%)

Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. Then he said, “Please consult for me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomever I shall name to you.”

And Saul H7586 disguised H2664 (8691) himself, and put on H3847 (8799) other H312 raiment H899, and he went H3212 (8799), and two H8147 men H582 with him, and they came H935 (8799) to the woman H802 by night H3915: and he said H559 (8799), I pray thee, divine H7080 (8798) unto me by the familiar spirit H178, and bring me [him] up H5927 (8685), whom I shall name H559 (8799) unto thee.

And Saul disguiseth himself and putteth on other garments, and goeth, he and two of the men with him, and they come in unto the woman by night, and he saith, ‘Divine, I pray thee, to me by the familiar spirit, and cause to come up to me him whom I say unto thee.’

2 Kings 17:17 (100.00%)

They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

And they caused their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 to pass H5674 (8686) through the fire H784, and used H7080 (8799) divination H7081 and enchantments H5172 (8762), and sold H4376 (8691) themselves to do H6213 (8800) evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, to provoke him to anger H3707 (8687).

and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him;

Isaiah 3:2 (100.00%)

the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,

The mighty man H1368, and the man H376 of war H4421, the judge H8199 (8802), and the prophet H5030, and the prudent H7080 (8802), and the ancient H2205,

Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

Isaiah 44:25 (100.00%)

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

That frustrateth H6565 (8688) the tokens H226 of the liars H907, and maketh diviners H7080 (8802) mad H1984 (8779); that turneth H7725 (8688) wise H2450 [men] backward H268, and maketh their knowledge H1847 foolish H5528 (8762);

Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

Jeremiah 27:9 (100.00%)

But as for you, don’t listen to your prophets, to your diviners, to your dreams, to your soothsayers, or to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon;”

Therefore hearken H8085 (8799) not ye to your prophets H5030, nor to your diviners H7080 (8802), nor to your dreamers H2472, nor to your enchanters H6049 (8781), nor to your sorcerers H3786, which speak H559 (8802) unto you, saying H559 (8800), Ye shall not serve H5647 (8799) the king H4428 of Babylon H894:

‘And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon,-

Jeremiah 29:8 (100.00%)

For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you. Don’t listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

For thus saith H559 (8804) the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478; Let not your prophets H5030 and your diviners H7080 (8802), that [be] in the midst H7130 of you, deceive H5377 (8686) you, neither hearken H8085 (8799) to your dreams H2472 which ye cause to be dreamed H2492 (8688).

‘For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, that ye are causing them to dream;

Ezekiel 13:9 (100.00%)

“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who utter lying divinations. They will not be in the council of my people, neither will they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither will they enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”

And mine hand H3027 shall be upon the prophets H5030 that see H2374 vanity H7723, and that divine H7080 (8802) lies H3577: they shall not be in the assembly H5475 of my people H5971, neither shall they be written H3789 (8735) in the writing H3791 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478, neither shall they enter H935 (8799) into the land H127 of Israel H3478; and ye shall know H3045 (8804) that I [am] the Lord H136 GOD H3069.

And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 13:23 (100.00%)

Therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

Therefore ye shall see H2372 (8799) no more vanity H7723, nor divine H7080 (8799) divinations H7081: for I will deliver H5337 (8689) my people H5971 out of your hand H3027: and ye shall know H3045 (8804) that I [am] the LORD H3068.

Therefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I am Jehovah!’

Ezekiel 21:21 (100.00%)

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim.° He looked in the liver.

Ezekiel 21:21 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

For the king H4428 of Babylon H894 stood H5975 (8804) at the parting H517 of the way H1870, at the head H7218 of the two H8147 ways H1870, to use H7080 (8800) divination H7081: he made [his] arrows H2671 bright H7043 (8773), he consulted H7592 (8804) with images H8655, he looked H7200 (8804) in the liver H3516.

For stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.

Ezekiel 21:23 (100.00%)

It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.

And it shall be unto them as a false H7723 divination H7080 (8800) in their sight H5869, to them that have sworn H7650 (8803) oaths H7621: but he will call to remembrance H2142 (8688) the iniquity H5771, that they may be taken H8610 (8736).

And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.

Ezekiel 21:29 (100.00%)

while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.

Whiles they see H2372 (8800) vanity H7723 unto thee, whiles they divine H7080 (8800) a lie H3577 unto thee, to bring H5414 (8800) thee upon the necks H6677 of [them that are] slain H2491, of the wicked H7563, whose day H3117 is come H935 (8804), when H6256 their iniquity H5771 [shall have] an end H7093.

In the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.

Ezekiel 22:28 (100.00%)

Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, ‘The Lord Yahweh says,’ when Yahweh has not spoken.

And her prophets H5030 have daubed H2902 (8804) them with untempered H8602 [morter], seeing H2374 vanity H7723, and divining H7080 (8802) lies H3577 unto them, saying H559 (8802), Thus saith H559 (8804) the Lord H136 GOD H3069, when the LORD H3068 hath not spoken H1696 (8765).

And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, ‘Thus said the Lord Jehovah:’ And Jehovah hath not spoken.

Micah 3:6 (100.00%)

“Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

Therefore night H3915 [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision H2377; and it shall be dark H2821 (8675) H2821 (8804) unto you, that ye shall not divine H7080 (8800); and the sun H8121 shall go down H935 (8804) over the prophets H5030, and the day H3117 shall be dark H6937 (8804) over them.

Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

Micah 3:7 (100.00%)

The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”^§

Micah 3:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Then shall the seers H2374 be ashamed H954 (8804), and the diviners H7080 (8802) confounded H2659 (8804): yea, they shall all cover H5844 (8804) their lips H8222; for [there is] no answer H4617 of God H430.

And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.

Micah 3:11 (100.00%)

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

The heads H7218 thereof judge H8199 (8799) for reward H7810, and the priests H3548 thereof teach H3384 (8686) for hire H4242, and the prophets H5030 thereof divine H7080 (8799) for money H3701: yet will they lean H8172 (8735) upon the LORD H3068, and say H559 (8800), [Is] not the LORD H3068 among H7130 us? none evil H7451 can come H935 (8799) upon us.

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, ‘Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.’

Zechariah 10:2 (100.00%)

For the teraphim° have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

Zechariah 10:2 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

For the idols H8655 have spoken H1696 (8765) vanity H205, and the diviners H7080 (8802) have seen H2372 (8804) a lie H8267, and have told H1696 (8762) false H7723 dreams H2472; they comfort H5162 (8762) in vain H1892: therefore they went H5265 (8804) their way as a flock H6629, they were troubled H6031 (8799), because [there was] no shepherd H7462 (8802).

Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, With vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.