Deu 13:6-8, 33:9, Psa 73:25-26, Mat 10:37, Phili 3:8 | ESV | STEP | If your brother , the son of your mother , or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly , saying , Let us go and serve other gods , which neither you nor your fathers have known ,

Deuteronomy 13:6-8

6 ^a“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or ^bthe wife you embrace ^{▼▼Hebrew the wife of your bosom} or your friend ^dwho is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ ^ewhich neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 some ^fof the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, 8 you shall ^gnot yield to him or listen to him, nor ^hshall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
ⁱhe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For ^jthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.

Psalms 73:25-26

25 ^kWhom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 ^lMy flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is ^mthe strength ^{▼▼Hebrew rock} of my heart and my ^oportion ^pforever.

Matthew 10:37

37 ^qWhoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Philippians 3:8

8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of ^rthe surpassing worth of ^sknowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I ^thave suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ