Bible Verses about “praying to the dead”
Found 50 verses (ordered by relevance) about “praying to the dead” in the KJV version of the Bible
“Jesus saith unto him, ‹I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.›”
“Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.”
“There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,”
“¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
“Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.”
“‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.›”
“‹And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.›”
“‹Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as› [it is] ‹in heaven.›”
“‹Give us this day our daily bread.›”
“¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›”
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.”
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
“For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;”
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:”
“And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?”
“Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”
“(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”
“He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)”
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
“‹And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,› [even] ‹the Son of man which is in heaven.›”
“Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”
“¶ For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
“If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
“Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.”
“If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.”
“Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;”
“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.”
“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”
“I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.”
“So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.”
“Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun.”
“Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.”
“¶ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
“I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.”
“According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.”
“¶ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.”
“‹I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.›”
“For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?”
“¶ Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?”
“And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
“Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;”
“And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.”
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.”
“¶ Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;”
“And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.”