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What does the Bible say about praying to the dead?

17 verses about praying to the dead, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about praying to the dead

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — 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. 9 votes
1 Timothy 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 9 votes
Isaiah 8:19 — 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? 8 votes
John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 6 votes
Leviticus 19:31 — Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. 5 votes
Revelation 5:8 — 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. 4 votes
Deuteronomy 18:10 — 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, 3 votes
Deuteronomy 18:11 — Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 3 votes
Exodus 20:4 — 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: 2 votes
Matthew 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 2 votes
Matthew 22:32 — 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. 2 votes
John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 2 votes
Acts 4:12 — Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 3:1 — And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 votes
Ephesians 4:8 — Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 2 votes
Hebrews 9:27 — And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 2 votes
Hebrews 9:28 — 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. 2 votes

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Deuteronomy (2), Matthew (2), John (2), Hebrews (2), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Acts (1), 1 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Timothy (1) and 1 more

What does the Bible say about praying to the dead?

Bible verses about praying to the dead

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