And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;
having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
“If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,
For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.”
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