18 Bible Verses about Custom

AND he arose and went thence into the bounds of Judea, and beyond the Jordan; and again multitudes came together to him, and again he taught them as he was accustomed.

And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and entered, according to his custom on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, and stood up to read.

And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures,

according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense;

and bringing them before the prefects said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble the city, and preach customs which it is not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.

And at the feast he released to them a prisoner, whomsoever they chose.

But you have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; are you willing, therefore, that I should release to you the king of the Jews?

And he came by the spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do according to the custom of the law concerning him,

to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to defend himself against the accusation.

But when I saw that they walked not correctly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you being a Jew live after the manner of the gentiles, and not after the manner of the Jews, why do you compel the gentiles to practise Judaism? For we Jews by race and not sinners of the gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be justified by faith and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Then they bribed men who said, We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God. And they stirred up both the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and coming suddenly they seized him and led him to the Sanhedrim, and brought forward false witnesses who said, This man speaks incessantly against this holy place, and the law;read more.
for we have heard him say, that Jesus this Nazoraean will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses gave us.

AND certain persons having come down from Judea taught the brothers, If you are not circumcised according to the custom of Moses you cannot be saved. There being therefore no little dissension and disputation of Paul and Barnabas with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, concerning this question.

and they have been informed of you, that you teach all the Jews among the gentiles to apostatize from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs.

And after three days he called the chief men of the Jews together; and when they had convened, said to them, Men and brothers, having done nothing contrary to the people or to the customs of the fathers, I was delivered up from Jerusalem a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

but now knowing God, or rather being known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and imperfect rudiments, which you wish again to serve? Do you observe days, and months, and times, and years?

See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,