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Deuteronomy 12:30
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Deuteronomy 12:30
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30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
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Deuteronomy 12:30
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Deuteronomy 12:30
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30 and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared(A) by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”(B)
Ezekiel 20:32
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Ezekiel 20:32
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32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
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Ezekiel 20:32
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Ezekiel 20:32
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32 “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen.
Ezekiel 20:28
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Ezekiel 20:28
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28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
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Ezekiel 20:28
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Ezekiel 20:28
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28 When I brought them into the land(A) I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that aroused my anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their drink offerings.(B)
Jeremiah 10:2
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Jeremiah 10:2
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2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
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Jeremiah 10:2
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Jeremiah 10:2
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2 This is what the Lord says:
Deuteronomy 7:16
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Deuteronomy 7:16
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16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
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Deuteronomy 7:16
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Deuteronomy 7:16
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16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(A) Do not look on them with pity(B) and do not serve their gods,(C) for that will be a snare(D) to you.
1 Peter 4:3-4
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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3 For you have spent enough time in the past(A) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(B) 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(C)
Ephesians 4:17
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Ephesians 4:17
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17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
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Ephesians 4:17
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Ephesians 4:17
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17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer(A) live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.(B)
Romans 12:2
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Romans 12:2
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2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Psalm 106:34-38
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Psalm 106:34-38
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34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
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Psalm 106:34-38
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Psalm 106:34-38
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34 They did not destroy(A) the peoples
as the Lord had commanded(B) them,
35 but they mingled(C) with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,(D)
which became a snare(E) to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons(F)
and their daughters to false gods.(G)
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(H) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
2 Kings 17:15
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2 Kings 17:15
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15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.
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2 Kings 17:15
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2 Kings 17:15
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15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(A) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(B) and themselves became worthless.(C) They imitated the nations(D) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”
Judges 2:2-3
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Judges 2:2-3
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2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
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Judges 2:2-3
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Judges 2:2-3
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2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,(A) but you shall break down their altars.(B)’ Yet you have disobeyed(C) me. Why have you done this? 3 And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;(D) they will become traps(E) for you, and their gods will become snares(F) to you.’”
Numbers 33:52
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Numbers 33:52
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52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
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Numbers 33:52
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Numbers 33:52
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52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.(A)
Leviticus 18:3
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Leviticus 18:3
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3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
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Leviticus 18:3
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Leviticus 18:3
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3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(A)
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