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

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ¹  You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ² 

Although they fully know ¹  God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, ²  they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. ³ 

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach. ¹ 

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

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 

Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you ¹  will know that I am the Lord.’”

Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic ¹  and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

You must obey my charge to not practice any of the abominable statutes ¹  that have been done before you, so that you do not ²  defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.’”

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

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

and are advocating ¹  customs that are not lawful for us to accept ²  or practice, ³  since we are ⁴  Romans.”

Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth ¹  against those who practice such things.

For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

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.

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.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

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

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.