5 Bible Verses about Not Imitating Good

And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.