Many of those who had believed came forward, ¹  confessing and making their deeds known. ² 

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Everyone who practices sin ¹  also practices lawlessness; ²  indeed, ³  sin is lawlessness.

they observed the practices ¹  of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. ² 

He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ²  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness ¹  is righteous, just as Jesus ²  is righteous.

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers ¹  and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood! ² 

Esther’s command established these matters of Purim, and the matter was officially recorded. ¹ 

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things ¹  the Lord your God is about to drive them out ²  from before you.

If you know that he is righteous, you also know ¹  that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered ²  by him.

But they ¹  pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

“Son of man, confront Jerusalem ¹  with her abominable practices

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, ¹  anyone who practices divination, ²  an omen reader, ³  a soothsayer, ⁴  a sorcerer, ⁵ 

but ¹  nothing ritually unclean ²  will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable ³  or practices falsehood, ⁴  but only those whose names ⁵  are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

When a leader died, the next generation ¹  would again ²  act more wickedly than the previous one. ³  They would follow after other gods, worshiping them ⁴  and bowing down to them. They did not give up ⁵  their practices or their stubborn ways.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors ¹  and obeyed ²  his commands, unlike the Israelites. ³ 

He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ²  whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.