1Sa 12:20-21 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel said to the people , Do not be afraid ; you have done all this evil . Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart .

b[See ver. 20 above]

1 Samuel 12:20-21

20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet ^ado not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And ^bdo not turn aside after ^cempty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.