And now fear the Lord, and serve Him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.

And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which is in Shechem, and destroyed them to this day.

You shall not make for yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do unto us according to all that is good in Your eyes; only deliver us this day.

And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and His soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the Lord with all your heart, [then] take away the strange gods from your midst, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve Him only; and He shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God. Speak to Him, that you may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that you may receive good things; and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

Assyria shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in you shall pity the orphan.

What [has] he to do anymore with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him. I am as a leafy juniper tree. From Me is your fruit found.

What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.

And what union is there for the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

"I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty."

your ear shall hearken to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.

Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

For our God is a consuming fire.