Deuteronomy 17:14 verse
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say , I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

2 Chronicles 32:19 verse
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

2 Corinthians 5:9 verse
Wherefore we labour , that, whether present or absent , we may be accepted of him.