Comfortable Slavery, Uncomfortable Freedom

Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

Exodus 23:2, Septuagint

and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.

1 Samuel 8:5, Septuagint

Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:5, Septuagint

My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Hosea 4:6, Septuagint

But when He, the Spirit of truth, shall come, He will guide you⁺ into all the truth. For He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He may hear, He will speak. And He will declare to you⁺ the things coming.

John 16:13, Berean Literal Bible

but test all things. Hold fast to the good.

1 Thessalonians 5:21, Berean Literal Bible