But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, for He is holy.

For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:

Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not believed Me to sanctify Me before the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and you have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, to be your wife.

For you did it in secret, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in broad daylight.

and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Judah, saying, Thus says the Lord: Because you have resisted the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God has commanded you,

but have returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He spoke to you, saying, You shall not eat bread, and shall not drink water; [therefore] your body shall by no means enter into the tomb of your fathers.

for whom the Lord loves, He rebukes, and scourges every son whom He receives.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. Be zealous therefore, and repent.