Matthew 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for the multitude of their words.
Romans 1:21
Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;
1 Peter 1:18
knowing that not with perishable things, silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers,
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For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Customs
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Customs
Matthew 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for the multitude of their words.
Romans 1:21
Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;
1 Peter 1:18
knowing that not with perishable things, silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers,
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Acts 16:21
and they teach customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to receive or observe.