Choose Whom You Will Serve

14 “Now therefore ^tfear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. ^uPut away the ^vgods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

16 So they ^qput away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient ^rover the misery of Israel.

Samuel Judges Israel

3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord ^ywith all your heart, then ^zput away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”