Acts 16:21

and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

Acts 16:12

and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.

Jeremiah 10:3

For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Acts 26:3

especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

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Acts 16:21

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

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Acts 26:3

Jeremiah 10:3

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especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

For the customs of the peoples are

delusion;

Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.