Verse 16

The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
• Rom 3:6 : 6 May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
• Rom 6:2 : 2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him." 39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.