Deuteronomy 29:17-19

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁷ You saw their detestable things and their filthy idols of wood and stone and silver and gold that were with them.

¹⁸ Make sure that there is not among you a man, a woman, a family, or a tribe whose heart today is turning away from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Make sure that there is among you no root that is producing a poison plant and bitter wormwood. ¹⁹ When such a person hears the words of this oath, he might congratulate himself in his heart and say, “I’ll be safe, even though I’m proceeding in my stubborn way.” By acting this way he will destroy the watered ground as well as the parched.