1 Thessalonians 4:5
not to gratify his passion, like the heathen who know nothing of God.
Romans 1:26
That is why God has abandoned them to degrading passions. Their women have exchanged their natural function for one that is unnatural,
Galatians 4:8
But formerly, in your ignorance of God, you were slaves to gods that really did not exist,
Matthew 6:32
For these are all things the heathen are in pursuit of, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need all this.
Luke 12:30
For these are all things the nations of the world are in pursuit of, and your Father knows well that you need them.
Acts 17:23
For as I was going about and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an Unknown God.' So it is what you already worship in ignorance that I am now telling you of.
Acts 17:30-31
While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,
Romans 1:24
So God abandoned them, with their heart's cravings, to impurity, and let them degrade their own bodies.
Romans 1:28
And just as they refused to recognize God any longer, God has abandoned them to unworthy impulses and indecent conduct.
1 Corinthians 1:21
For since in God's providence the world with all its wisdom did not come to know God, God chose, through the folly of the gospel message, to save those who had faith in him.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Return to your sober sense as you ought, and stop sinning, for some of you are utterly ignorant about God. To your shame I say so.
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you had no connection with Christ, you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the agreements about God's promise; with no hope and no God in all the world.
Ephesians 4:17-19
So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.
Colossians 3:5
So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.
1 Peter 4:3
You have spent time enough in the past in doing as the heathen like to do, indulging in sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, dissipation, and detestable idolatry.