1 Samuel 12:20-23

CLV(i) 20 And Samuel said unto the people, `Fear not; you have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Yahweh--and you have served Yahweh with all your heart, 21 and you do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain, 22 for Yahweh does not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Yahweh has been pleased to make you to Him for a people. 23 `I, also, far be it from me to sin against Yahweh, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;"