Leviticus 18:3

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Leviticus 18:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

3 You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

5 Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

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Psalms 106:35

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Ezekiel 20:7

And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 23:8

She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.

Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Ephesians 5:10

Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

1 Peter 4:2

Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

1 Peter 4:3

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

1 Peter 4:4

Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.

Leviticus 20:23

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

Exodus 23:24

You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

Deuteronomy 12:4

You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.

Deuteronomy 12:30

be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.

Jeremiah 10:3

For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.