If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods.......

Examples of the Bible teaching concerning false gods.

Exo 20:1    And God spake all these words, saying,

Exo 20:2    I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exo 20:3    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exo 20:4    Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Exo 20:5    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Exo 20:6    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Deu 27:14    And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

Deu 27:15    Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

1Sa 7:3    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1Sa 7:4    Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

1Sa 7:5    And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

1Sa 7:6    And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.