Are Angel Numbers Biblical? Angel Numbers, Numerology and Tarot

Angel numbers, numerology, and tarot treat a repeating number, a chart, or a card as a message about a person’s life. The Bible forbids divination, observing times, and consulting familiar spirits. It does not assign a private message to a repeating digit.

Key points

• Deuteronomy 18:10There 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.Deuteronomy 18:10 · King James Version names “an observer of times,” “an enchanter,” and “a witch” among practices that shall not be found in Israel.
• Deuteronomy 18:11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.Deuteronomy 18:11 · King James Version adds a charmer, a consulter with familiar spirits, a wizard, and a necromancer.
• Deuteronomy 18:12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.Deuteronomy 18:12 · King James Version says all who do these things “are an abomination unto the LORD.”
• Isaiah 47:13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.Isaiah 47:13 · King James Version tells astrologers, stargazers, and monthly prognosticators to stand up and save.
• Leviticus 19:31Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:31 · King James Version says not to regard familiar spirits or wizards.
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What the Bible says

Deuteronomy 18:10–12^18:10 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. ^18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. ^18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.Deuteronomy 18:10–12 · King James Version (King James Version) says:

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. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Deuteronomy 18:10–12 · King James Version

Isaiah 47:13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.Isaiah 47:13 · King James Version (King James Version) says:

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

Isaiah 47:13 · King James Version

Leviticus 19:31Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:31 · King James Version tells Israel not to turn to familiar spirits. Isaiah 8:19And 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?Isaiah 8:19 · King James Version asks why a people would seek the dead on behalf of the living when they should seek their God. John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.John 14:6 · King James Version records Jesus: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

This page does not quote a modern angel-number author. Those books were not verified here. The practice people describe, reading a repeating number or a dealt card as guidance, is the kind of observing of times and divination Deuteronomy 18:10There 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.Deuteronomy 18:10 · King James Version names.

The Christian claim

Christians confess that God has spoken in Scripture and in his Son. Hebrews 1:1–2^1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, ^1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;Hebrews 1:1–2 · King James Version says God spoke in time past by the prophets and has in these last days spoken by his Son. A digit sequence or a pack of cards is not that speech. Jesus is God the Son. That confession is the deity of Christ. What does the Bible say about witchcraft? quotes the same Deuteronomy passage beside the Pagan Federation’s words on magic.

Frequently asked questions

Does the Bible mention angel numbers?

It does not use that phrase. It forbids divination and observing times (Deuteronomy 18:10There 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.Deuteronomy 18:10 · King James Version) and challenges monthly prognosticators (Isaiah 47:13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.Isaiah 47:13 · King James Version).

Are tarot and numerology the same verse?

Deuteronomy 18:10–11^18:10 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. ^18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.Deuteronomy 18:10–11 · King James Version lists divination, observing times, enchantment, charming, and consulting familiar spirits in one ban. A card reading and a number chart are two modern forms of seeking a hidden message. The verse names the seeking.

Where should a Christian go for guidance?

John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.John 14:6 · King James Version says Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.James 1:5 · King James Version says if any lacks wisdom, let him ask of God. Psalm 119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.Psalms 119:105 · King James Version says God’s word is a lamp to the feet.