1 Samuel 7:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 2:11 : 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals;
  • Judg 2:13 : 13 And they gave up the Lord, and became the servants of Baal and the Astartes.
  • Judg 10:15-16 : 15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day. 16 So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
  • Hos 14:8 : 8 They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 7:3
    85%

    3 Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

  • Judg 2:11-13
    3 verses
    80%

    11 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals;

    12 And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.

    13 And they gave up the Lord, and became the servants of Baal and the Astartes.

  • Judg 3:7
    75%

    7 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.

  • Judg 10:6
    74%

    6 And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the Lord and were servants to him no longer.

  • Judg 10:16
    74%

    16 So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 12:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

    11 So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

  • Josh 24:23
    73%

    23 Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 34:33
    71%

    33 Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16
    70%

    16 And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

  • Josh 24:18
    70%

    18 And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

  • Josh 24:14
    70%

    14 So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,

    8 Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    69%

    5 Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    69%

    12 And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

  • 2 Kgs 17:33
    69%

    33 They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

  • Acts 7:42
    69%

    42 But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?

  • Judg 10:10
    69%

    10 Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

  • 2 Chr 33:17
    69%

    17 However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    68%

    35 And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

  • 1 Sam 12:24
    68%

    24 Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.

  • Jer 4:1
    68%

    1 If you will come back, O Israel, says the Lord, you will come back to me: and if you will put away your disgusting ways, you will not be sent away from before me.

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
    67%

    3 He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
    67%

    19 But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

  • Hos 11:2
    67%

    2 When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.

  • Deut 17:3
    67%

    3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;

  • Josh 24:16
    67%

    16 Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

  • Deut 7:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.

    5 But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

  • Judg 8:33-34
    2 verses
    67%

    33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

    34 And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

  • 2 Chr 33:15
    66%

    15 He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

  • Isa 31:6
    66%

    6 Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 17:18
    66%

    18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.

  • Num 5:4
    66%

    4 So the children of Israel did as the Lord had said to Moses, and put them outside the tent-circle.

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    66%

    8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    66%

    22 And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.

  • 2 Chr 31:1
    66%

    1 Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, till all were gone. Then all the children of Israel went back to their towns, every man to his property.

  • 2 Chr 14:3
    66%

    3 For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

  • Judg 6:1
    66%

    1 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.

  • 2 Chr 33:3
    66%

    3 For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

  • Num 1:54
    66%

    54 So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

  • Josh 23:7
    66%

    7 Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

  • Judg 20:27
    66%

    27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    66%

    4 But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

  • Josh 24:20
    66%

    20 If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.