'Imitate' in the Bible
You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.
“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.
They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.
Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;
Don't be led astray by her lifestyle, and don't imitate her behavior.
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior.
Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things you need before ever you ask Him.
Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.
in the hope of somehow making my fellow countrymen jealous [by stirring them up so that they will seek the truth] and perhaps save some of them.
Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, and we do not imitate Moses,
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];
For you yourselves know how you must imitate us: We were not irresponsible among you;
It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.
Let no one think slightingly of you because you are a young man; but in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, be an example for your fellow Christians to imitate.
Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.
not lording it over your Churches but proving yourselves patterns for the flock to imitate.
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.