Matthew 6:7
And when you pray use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Romans 1:21
because having known God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their ignorant mind was darkened.
1 Peter 1:18
knowing that you were not redeemed from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, with destructible things, silver or gold,
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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.
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Customs
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Romans 1:21
because having known God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their ignorant mind was darkened.
1 Peter 1:18
knowing that you were not redeemed from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, with destructible things, silver or gold,
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Acts 16:21
and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.