“And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.”
1 Samuel 12:21 (KJV) |
1 Samuel 12:21
From 1 Samuel 12, in the Book of 1 Samuel (Old Testament).
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And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: