1Sa 8:5, Jer 44:17, 29, Rom 12:2 | ESV | STEP | and said to him, Behold , you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways . Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations .

1 Samuel 8:5

5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. ^aNow appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

Jeremiah 44:17

17 ^bBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^cthe queen of heaven ^dand pour out drink offerings to her, ^eas we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.

Jeremiah 44:29

29 This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that ^fmy words will surely stand against you for harm:

Romans 12:2

2 ^gDo not be conformed to this world, ^{▼▼Greek age} but be transformed by ⁱthe renewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^jdiscern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. ^{▼▼Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God}