Every so often, someone puts forth a story about how they were present, or they heard about, when some writers for Dungeons and Dragons, (D&D or AD&D) or some other Role Playing Game (RPG) tried to find some 'real' magical spells to put into the Game, to make it more realistic.
Fooey.
First of, if agents of Satan were the ones creating these games, they'd have their own Books Of Shadows to crib spells from. Or would know where to go for such things that would not expose them to reports by The Faithful.

Second, the spells are not included in the game. Spells are listed by what the caster needs to have, and how much time it will take, what the effect will be... stuff that actually is or affects game play. Spells do not list the words to enchant, or what to DO with the spell components. If a circle of power is listed there is no reference given to what symbols comprise such a circle. They will indicate that you have to wave your hands or wand, but not HOW to do it. Really, you can get better 'spellcasting' info watching X-files, Night Stalker, or Scooby Doo.

Third, there's far more Christian Bible than Necronomicon in D&D. The Champion Of Good, The Paladin, has powers the same as those granted the followers of Jesus Christ. Clerics have spells copied from or echoing Bible Verses. Usually, spells cast by 'The Good Guys.' This page is intended to collect D&D spells that most likely have The New or Old Testament as a source document.

Spells listed in the table are described at: Player's Handbook - cleric prayers

Assistance or comments are welcome at The SAB, linked below.

Priest Spells or Paladin Abilities/Restrictions

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Level	Spell	As in the Bible Verse:
1st Level	Animal Friendship	1 Kings 17:6
1st Level	Bless	Exodus 17:11
1st Level	Combine	------------
1st Level	Command	------------
1st Level	Create Water	Exodus 17:6
1st Level	Cure Light Wounds	------------
1st Level	Detect Evil	------------
1st Level	Detect Magic
1st Level	Detect Poison	------------
1st Level	Detect Snares & Pits	------------
1st Level	Endure Heat/Endure Cold	------------
1st Level	Entangle	------------
1st Level	Faerie Fire	------------
1st Level	Invisibility to Animals	------------
1st Level	Invisibility to Undead	------------
1st Level	Light	------------
1st Level	Locate Animals or Plants	------------
1st Level	Magical Stone	------------
1st Level	Pass Without Trace	------------
1st Level	Protection From Evil	------------
1st Level	Purify Food & Drink	2 Kings 2:20-22 (purify water)
1st Level	Remove Fear	------------
1st Level	Sanctuary	------------
1st Level	Shillelagh	------------
2nd Level	Aid	------------
2nd Level	Augury	Numbers 27:21
2nd Level	Barkskin	------------
2nd Level	Chant	Deuteronomy 3:22
2nd Level	Charm Person or Mammal	------------
2nd Level	Detect Charm	------------
2nd Level	Dust Devil	------------
2nd Level	Enthrall	------------
2nd Level	Find Traps	------------
2nd Level	Fire Trap	------------
2nd Level	Flame Blade	------------
2nd Level	Goodberry	------------
2nd Level	Heat Metal	------------
2nd Level	Hold Person	------------
2nd Level	Know Alignment	------------
2nd Level	Messenger	------------
2nd Level	Obscurement	------------
2nd Level	Produce Flame	------------
2nd Level	Resist Fire/Resist Cold	------------
2nd Level	Silence, 15 foot Radius	------------
2nd Level	Slow Poison	------------
2nd Level	Snake Charm	------------
2nd Level	Speak With Animals	Numbers 22:28
2nd Level	Spiritual Hammer	------------
2nd Level	Trip	------------
2nd Level	Warp Wood	------------
2nd Level	Withdraw	------------
2nd Level	Wyvern Watch	------------
3rd Level	Animate Dead	2 Kings 13:21
3rd Level	Call Lightning	------------
3rd Level	Continual Light	------------
3rd Level	Create Food & Water	Matthew 14:14-21
3rd Level	Cure Blindness or Deafness	------------
3rd Level	Cure Blindness or Deafness (Reversed)	Acts 3:6-12
3rd Level	Cure Disease	2 Kings 5:14
3rd Level	Cure Disease (reversed)	Exodus 9:9
3rd Level	Dispel Magic	------------
3rd Level	Feign Death	------------
3rd Level	Flame Walk	Daniel 3:25
3rd Level	Glyph of Warding	------------
3rd Level	Hold Animal	------------
3rd Level	Locate Object	------------
3rd Level	Magical Vestment	------------
3rd Level	Meld Into Stone	------------
3rd Level	Negative Plane Protection	------------
3rd Level	Plant Growth	------------
3rd Level	Prayer	Deuteronomy 20:4
3rd Level	Protection From Fire	Numbers 21:8
3rd Level	Pyrotechnics	------------
3rd Level	Remove Curse	------------
3rd Level	Remove Curse (reversed)	Gen 3:14
3rd Level	Remove Paralysis	------------
3rd Level	Snare	------------
3rd Level	Speak With Dead	1 Samuel 28:8-19
3rd Level	Spike Growth	------------
3rd Level	Starshine	------------
3rd Level	Stone Shape	------------
3rd Level	Summon Insects	------------
3rd Level	Tree	------------
3rd Level	Water Breathing	------------
3rd Level	Water Walk	------------
4th Level	Abjure	------------
4th Level	Animal Summoning I	Exodus 8:2-7, Frogs
4th Level	Call Woodland Beings	------------
4th Level	Cloak of Bravery	------------
4th Level	Control Temperature, 10' Radius	------------
4th Level	Cure Serious Wounds	------------
4th Level	Detect Lie	------------
4th Level	Divination	1 Samuel 28:6
4th Level	Free Action	------------
4th Level	Giant Insect	------------
4th Level	Hallucinatory Forest	------------
4th Level	Hold Plant	------------
4th Level	Imbue With Spell Ability	------------
4th Level	Lower Water	Joshua 3:17
4th Level	Neutralize Poison	------------
4th Level	Plant Door	------------
4th Level	Produce Fire	------------
4th Level	Protection From Evil, 10' Radius	------------
4th Level	Protection From Lightning	------------
4th Level	Reflecting Pool	------------
4th Level	Repel Insects	------------
4th Level	Speak With Plants	------------
4th Level	Spell Immunity	------------
4th Level	Sticks to Snakes	Exodus 4:2-4
4th Level	Tongues	------------
4th Level	Tongues (reversed)	Genesis 11:7-9
5th Level	Air Walk	------------
5th Level	Animal Growth	------------
5th Level	Animal Summoning II	Exodus 8:21, Flies
5th Level	Antiplant Shell	------------
5th Level	Atonement	------------
5th Level	Commune	------------
5th Level	Commune With Nature	------------
5th Level	Control Winds	------------
5th Level	Cure Critical Wounds	------------
5th Level	Dispel Evil	------------
5th Level	Flame Strike	------------
5th Level	Insect Plague	------------
5th Level	Magic Font	------------
5th Level	Moonbeam	------------
5th Level	Pass Plant	------------
5th Level	Plane Shift	------------
5th Level	Quest	------------
5th Level	Rainbow	------------
5th Level	Raise Dead	------------
5th Level	Spike Stones	------------
5th Level	Transmute Rock to Mud	------------
5th Level	True Seeing	------------
5th Level	Wall of Fire	Genesis 3:24
6th Level	Aerial Servant	------------
6th Level	Animal Summoning III	Genesis 7:18
6th Level	Animate Object	------------
6th Level	Antianimal Shell	------------
6th Level	Blade Barrier	------------
6th Level	Conjure Animals	2 Kings 2:23-24 (Yuck!)
6th Level	Conjure Fire Elemental	------------
6th Level	Find the Path	------------
6th Level	Fire Seeds	------------
6th Level	Forbiddance	------------
6th Level	Heal	------------
6th Level	Heroes' Feast	------------
6th Level	Liveoak	------------
6th Level	Part Water	Exodus 15:8
6th Level	Speak With Monsters	------------
6th Level	Stone Tell	------------
6th Level	Transmute Water to Dust	------------
6th Level	Transport Via Plants	------------
6th Level	Turn Wood	------------
6th Level	Wall of Thorns	Genesis 3:17-18
6th Level	Weather Summoning	Exodus 9:22, Hail
6th Level	Word of Recall	------------
7th Level	Animate Rock	------------
7th Level	Astral Spell	------------
7th Level	Changestaff	------------
7th Level	Chariot of Sustarre	------------
7th Level	Confusion	------------
7th Level	Conjure Earth Elemental	------------
7th Level	Control Weather	James 5:17
7th Level	Creeping Doom	------------
7th Level	Earthquake	2 Samuel 22:8
7th Level	Exaction	------------
7th Level	Fire Storm	------------
7th Level	Gate
7th Level	Holy Word	------------
7th Level	Regenerate	------------
7th Level	Reincarnate	------------
7th Level	Restoration	------------
7th Level	Resurrection	------------
7th Level	Succor	------------
7th Level	Sunray	------------
7th Level	Symbol	------------
7th Level	Transmute Metal to Wood	------------
7th Level	Wind Walk	------------
Ability	+2 all savings throws	------------
Ability	Cure Diseases	------------
Ability	Cure Diseases (reversed)	1 Samuel 5:6, 9, 12
Ability	Detect Evil	------------
Ability	Heal wounds (by laying on hands)	Matthew 10:1
Ability	Immunity all forms of disease	Deut 7:15
Ability	Protection from evil 10-foot	Matthew 10:1
Ability	Turn Undead and Devils	Matthew 10:8
Restriction	10% tithe	Malachi 3:10

In addition, although not specific game spells:

Genesis 30:37 Magic makes straked goats when unstraked goats mate while looking at straked sticks.

Genesis 44:5 Refers to a divining cup.

Ezekiel 5:1-3,12 casts sympathetic magic on Jerusalem

Daniel 5:11, Daniel, the prophet, was employed as the chief occultist to the king. He was supervisor "of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and soothsayers."


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