1 Kings 18:21

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You shall serve him, and cling to him.

Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not listened to my voice.’ ”

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

So these nations feared Yahweh, and also served their engraved images. Their children did likewise, and so did their children’s children. They do as their fathers did to this day.

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.

They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.

if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God. There is no one else.

Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”

God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.

Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.

They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.

You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”

The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,

For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.

The houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, will be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.

Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

They feared Yahweh, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”

You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can’t speak to you bad or good.

Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.

At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.

He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?”

Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.