1 Samuel 7:3

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1 Samuel 7:3

Samuel told them, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to the Lord, and worship only Him. Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Joshua 24:14

“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh.

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name.

Deuteronomy 13:4

You must follow the Lord your God and fear Him. You must keep His commands and listen to His voice; you must worship Him and remain faithful to Him.

Judges 2:13

for they abandoned Him and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only Him.”

Luke 4:8

And Jesus answered him, “It is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve Him only.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

You are to fear Yahweh your God and worship Him. Remain faithful to Him and take oaths in His name.

Joshua 24:23

“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

1 Kings 8:48

and when they return to You with their whole mind and heart
in the land of their enemies who took them captive,
and when they pray to You in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
the city You have chosen,
and the temple I have built for Your name,

Deuteronomy 30:2-10

and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today,

2 Chronicles 30:19

whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

Joel 2:12-13

Even now—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Judges 10:6

Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him.

Judges 10:16

So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshiped the Lord, and He became weary of Israel’s misery.

1 Samuel 31:10

Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Get started building the Lord God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have decided to seek God.”

Job 11:13-14

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

Proverbs 16:1

The reflections of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:3-4

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

Hosea 6:1-2

Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us,
and He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to Yahweh your God,
for you have stumbled in your sin.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.

Matthew 15:8

These people honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Samuel 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.

Return

Prepare

Serve him

General references

Ecclesiastes 9:17

Bible References

Return

and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today,

Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us,
and He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.

Israel, return to Yahweh your God,
for you have stumbled in your sin.

Even now—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Prepare

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.

whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

The reflections of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.

Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

These people

honor Me with their lips,

but their heart is far from Me.

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Serve him

Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name.

You are to fear Yahweh your God and worship Him. Remain faithful to Him and take oaths in His name.

You must follow the Lord your God and fear Him. You must keep His commands and listen to His voice; you must worship Him and remain faithful to Him.

Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only

Him.”

“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.

And Jesus answered him, “It is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve

Him only.”

General references

The calm words of the wise are heeded
more than the shouts of a ruler over fools.