Deu 12:30-31, Rom 1:20-32, Eph 2:2-3, 4:17, 1Th 4:5, Tit 3:3, 1Pe 1:14 | ESV | STEP | take care 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 ?

Deuteronomy 12:30-31

30 take care ^athat 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 ^bYou shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every ^cabominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for ^dthey even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

Romans 1:20-32

20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ^ehave been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, ^{▼▼Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world} in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^gbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ^hClaiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and ⁱexchanged the glory of ^jthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore ^kGod gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to ^lthe dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for ^ma lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ⁿwho is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason ^oGod gave them up to ^pdishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^qmen committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^rGod gave them up to ^sa debased mind to do ^twhat ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know ^uGod’s righteous decree that those who practice such things ^vdeserve to die, they not only do them but ^wgive approval to those who practice them.

Ephesians 2:2-3

2 ^xin which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^ythe prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^zthe sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in ^aathe passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body ^{▼▼Greek flesh} and the mind, and ^acwere by nature ^adchildren of wrath, like the rest of mankind. ^{▼▼Greek like the rest}

Ephesians 4:17

The New Life

17 Now this I say and ^aftestify in the Lord, ^agthat you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, ^ahin the futility of their minds.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

5 not in ^aithe passion of lust ^ajlike the Gentiles ^akwho do not know God;

Titus 3:3

3 For ^alwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

1 Peter 1:14

14 As obedient children, ^amdo not be conformed to the passions ^anof your former ignorance,