1 Samuel 12:19-21

Tree of Life Version

¹⁹ and all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Adonai your God, that we would not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king.”

²⁰ Samuel said to the people, “Fear not! Indeed you have done all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following Adonai, but worship Adonai with all your heart. ²¹ Do not turn aside to go after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are futile.