Jer 44:16-17, Act 14:16, Eph 2:2-3, 1Pe 4:3-4 | ESV | STEP | As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord , we will not listen to you.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^awe will not listen to you. 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.

Acts 14:16

16 In past generations he ^fallowed all the nations ^gto walk in their own ways.

Ephesians 2:2-3

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

1 Peter 4:3-4

3 For the time that is past ^psuffices ^qfor 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 ^rdebauchery, and ^sthey malign you;