¶ If [a]thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thine own son, or thy daughter, or the wife, that lieth in thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own [b]soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, (which thou hast not known, thou I say, nor thy fathers)

Any of the gods of the people which are round about you, near unto thee or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth unto the other:

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hear him, neither shall thine eye pity him, nor show mercy, nor keep him secret:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:6 All natural affections must give place to God’s honor.
  2. Deuteronomy 13:6 Whom thou lovest as thy life.

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