Superstition
- General scriptures concerningAct 25:19
- INSTANCES OF
- Israelites, supposing that their defeat in battle with the Philistines was due to their not having brought with them the ark of the covenant1Sa 4:31Sa 4:101Sa 4:11
- Philistines, refusing to step on the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen upon it1Sa 5:5
- The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods1Ki 20:23
- Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering sacrifices to the Queen of HeavenJer 44:17–19
- Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was upon DanielDan 4:8Dan 4:9
- The sailors who threw Jonah into the seaJon 1:4–16
- The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came walking upon the lakeMat 14:26Mrk 6:49Mrk 6:50
- Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the deadMrk 6:14Mrk 6:16
- The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombsMat 8:34
- The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of PeterAct 12:14Act 12:15
- The Ephesians, in their sorceriesAct 19:13–19
- The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of godAct 28:6