“Whence Samuel also well explains this same way, saying: "Therefore fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth, and with your whole heart." 17. This way is indeed good and right: because it leads to eternal life and arrives there swiftly. Through the fear of the Lord, evils are avoided; by serving him, his commandments are…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2
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24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
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22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
— 1 Samuel 12:24 —
25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.