1 Samuel 12:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: you have done all this wickedness: yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

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  • Deut 11:16 : 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • Deut 31:29 : 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
  • Josh 23:6 : 6 Therefore, be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you do not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
  • Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
  • Ps 101:3 : 3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of those who turn aside; it shall not cling to me.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
  • Exod 20:19-20 : 19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’ 20 And Moses said to the people, 'Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 12:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he has done for you.

    25But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king.

  • 1 Sam 12:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

    19And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we do not die: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

  • 1 Sam 12:21
    78%

    21And do not turn aside: for then you should go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

  • 1 Sam 12:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

    13Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

    14If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both you and also the king that reigns over you continue following the LORD your God:

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    75%

    1And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 15:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

    25Now therefore, I pray you, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 7:3
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    3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreth 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.

  • 1 Sam 8:7-10
    4 verses
    73%

    7And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

    8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, by forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you also.

    9Now therefore listen to their voice: however, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

    10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.

    14But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be captain over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.

  • 1 Sam 15:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.

    31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    72%

    35The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.

  • Josh 24:16
    72%

    16And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

  • Deut 13:4
    72%

    4You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and hold fast to him.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    71%

    19And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    71%

    12For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

  • Josh 24:20
    71%

    20If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good.

  • 1 Sam 8:21-22
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    71%

    21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he reported them in the ears of the LORD.

    22And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each of you go to your city.

  • Josh 24:14
    71%

    14Now 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 river, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 15:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

    20And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    71%

    10Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

  • Deut 10:12
    71%

    12And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

  • Jer 25:5
    71%

    5They said, 'Turn now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers forever and ever:

  • Deut 30:17
    71%

    17But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

  • 2 Chr 30:8
    70%

    8Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.

  • 1 Sam 15:13
    70%

    13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    70%

    6But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    70%

    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    70%

    12And the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' bring the men, that we may put them to death."

  • Deut 13:11
    70%

    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.

  • 1 Sam 12:10
    70%

    10And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.

  • 1 Sam 3:18
    70%

    18And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seems good to him.

  • Judg 6:10
    70%

    10And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed my voice.

  • Deut 11:16
    70%

    16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Jer 16:12
    70%

    12And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one walks after the imagination of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me.

  • Deut 10:20
    70%

    20You shall fear the LORD your God; him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast, and swear by his name.

  • Hos 10:3
    70%

    3For now they shall say, 'We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD; what then should a king do for us?'

  • Deut 11:13
    70%

    13And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,