Leviticus 18:3
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3 (A)You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and (B)you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.
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Ezekiel 20:7-8
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7 And I said to them, (A)‘Cast away the detestable things (B)your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with (C)the idols of Egypt; (D)I am the Lord your God.’ 8 (E)But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. (F)None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.
“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them (G)and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
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Leviticus 20:23
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23 (A)And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.
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Exodus 23:24
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24 you shall (A)not bow down to their gods nor serve them, (B)nor do as they do, but (C)you shall utterly overthrow them and break their (D)pillars in pieces.
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1 Peter 4:2-4
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2 (A)so as to live for (B)the rest of the time in the flesh (C)no longer for human passions but (D)for the will of God. 3 For the time that is past (E)suffices (F)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (G)debauchery, and (H)they malign you;
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Ezekiel 23:8
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8 She did not give up her whoring (A)that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.
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Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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30 take care (A)that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’ 31 (B)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every (C)abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for (D)they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
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Ephesians 5:7-11
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7 Therefore (A)do not become partners with them; 8 for (B)at one time you were (C)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. (D)Walk as children of light 9 (for (E)the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and (F)try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 (G)Take no part in the (H)unfruitful (I)works of darkness, but instead (J)expose them.
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Romans 12:2
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2 (A)Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by (B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[b]
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- Romans 12:2 Greek age
- Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
Jeremiah 10:2-3
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2 Thus says the Lord:
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
3 (A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[a]
(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
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- Jeremiah 10:3 Or vapor, or mist
Psalm 106:35
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35 but they (A)mixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
Deuteronomy 12:4
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4 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way.
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Leviticus 18:24-30
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24 (A)“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, (B)for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, 25 and the (C)land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land (D)vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But (E)you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the (F)native or the stranger who sojourns among you 27 (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), 28 lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 (G)So keep my charge never to practice (H)any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: (I)I am the Lord your God.”
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