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1 Samuel 7:3

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¶ 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.

And Samuel {H8050} spake {H559} unto all the house {H1004} of Israel {H3478}, saying {H559}, If ye do return {H7725} unto the LORD {H3068} with all your hearts {H3824}, then put away {H5493} the strange {H5236} gods {H430} and Ashtaroth {H6252} from among {H8432} you, and prepare {H3559} your hearts {H3824} unto the LORD {H3068}, and serve {H5647} him only: and he will deliver {H5337} you out of the hand {H3027} of the Philistines {H6430}.

Sh'mu'el addressed all the people of Isra'el; he said: "If you are returning to ADONAI with all your heart, then be done with the foreign gods and 'ashtarot that you have with you, and direct your hearts to ADONAI. If you will serve only him, he will rescue you from the power of the P'lishtim."

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 4:8 (177 votes)

    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

  • Deuteronomy 13:4 (136 votes)

    Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

  • Matthew 4:10 (111 votes)

    Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

  • Deuteronomy 6:13 (89 votes)

    Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

  • Joshua 24:14 (61 votes)

    Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

  • Isaiah 55:7 (61 votes)

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • John 4:24 (57 votes)

    God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.