Holy Scripture
Deuteronomy 6:13
A church father on this verse
“What is to be said of justice in its relation to God? As the Lord says, "No man can serve two masters," and the apostle rebukes those who serve the creature rather than the Creator, so had it not been said before in the Old Testament: "You shall adore the Lord your God and him only shall you serve"? But what need is t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve; and thou shalt cleave to him, and by his name thou shalt swear.
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11houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and olive yards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled,
12beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
— Deuteronomy 6:13 —
14Go ye not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you;
15for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the Lord thy God be very angry with thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.