Verse 3

And Samuel{H8050} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If ye do return{H7725}{(H8802)} unto the LORD{H3068} with all your hearts{H3824}, then put away{H5493}{(H8685)} the strange{H5236} gods{H430} and Ashtaroth{H6252} from among{H8432} you, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} your hearts{H3824} unto the LORD{H3068}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} him only: and he will deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} you out of the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 13:4 : 4 Ye shall walk{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and fear{H3372}{(H8799)} him, and keep{H8104}{(H8799)} his commandments{H4687}, and obey{H8085}{(H8799)} his voice{H6963}, and ye shall serve{H5647}{(H8799)} him, and cleave{H1692}{(H8799)} unto him.
  • Luke 4:8 : 8 And{G2532} Jesus{G2424} answered{G611}{(G5679)} and said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto him{G846}, Get thee{G5217}{(G5720)} behind{G3694} me{G3450}, Satan{G4567}: for{G1063} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)}, Thou shalt worship{G4352}{(G5692)} the Lord{G2962} thy{G4675} God{G2316}, and{G2532} him{G846} only{G3441} shalt thou serve{G3000}{(G5692)}.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked{H7563} forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} his way{H1870}, and the unrighteous{H205} man{H376} his thoughts{H4284}: and let him return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and he will have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon him; and to our God{H430}, for he will abundantly{H7235}{(H8686)} pardon{H5545}{(H8800)}.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then{G5119} saith{G3004}{(G5719)} Jesus{G2424} unto him{G846}, Get thee hence{G5217}{(G5720)}, Satan{G4567}: for{G1063} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)}, Thou shalt worship{G4352}{(G5692)} the Lord{G2962} thy{G4675} God{G2316}, and{G2532} him{G846} only{G3441} shalt thou serve{G3000}{(G5692)}.
  • Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt fear{H3372}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and serve{H5647}{(H8799)} him, and shalt swear{H7650}{(H8735)} by his name{H8034}.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear{H3372}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; him shalt thou serve{H5647}{(H8799)}, and to him shalt thou cleave{H1692}{(H8799)}, and swear{H7650}{(H8735)} by his name{H8034}.
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away{H5493}{(H8685)}, said he, the strange{H5236} gods{H430} which are among{H7130} you, and incline{H5186}{(H8685)} your heart{H3824} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Gen 35:2 : 2 Then Jacob{H3290} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his household{H1004}, and to all that were with him, Put away{H5493}{(H8685)} the strange{H5236} gods{H430} that are among you{H8432}, and be clean{H2891}{(H8690)}, and change{H2498}{(H8685)} your garments{H8071}:
  • Josh 24:14 : 14 Now therefore fear{H3372}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} him in sincerity{H8549} and in truth{H571}: and put away{H5493}{(H8685)} the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647}{(H8804)} on the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, and in Egypt{H4714}; and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} ye the LORD{H3068}.
  • Deut 30:2-9 : 2 And shalt return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and shalt obey{H8085}{(H8804)} his voice{H6963} according to all that I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, thou and thy children{H1121}, with all thine heart{H3824}, and with all thy soul{H5315}; 3 That then the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will turn{H7725}{(H8804)} thy captivity{H7622}, and have compassion{H7355}{(H8765)} upon thee, and will return{H7725}{(H8804)} and gather{H6908}{(H8765)} thee from all the nations{H5971}, whither the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath scattered{H6327}{(H8689)} thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out{H5080}{(H8737)} unto the outmost{H7097} parts of heaven{H8064}, from thence will the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} gather{H6908}{(H8762)} thee, and from thence will he fetch{H3947}{(H8799)} thee: 5 And the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will bring{H935}{(H8689)} thee into the land{H776} which thy fathers{H1} possessed{H3423}{(H8804)}, and thou shalt possess{H3423}{(H8804)} it; and he will do thee good{H3190}{(H8689)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} thee above thy fathers{H1}. 6 And the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will circumcise{H4135}{(H8804)} thine heart{H3824}, and the heart{H3824} of thy seed{H2233}, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} with all thine heart{H3824}, and with all thy soul{H5315}, that thou mayest live{H2416}. 7 And the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will put{H5414}{(H8804)} all these curses{H423} upon thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and on them that hate{H8130}{(H8802)} thee, which persecuted{H7291}{(H8804)} thee. 8 And thou shalt return{H7725}{(H8799)} and obey{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} all his commandments{H4687} which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}. 9 And the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} will make thee plenteous{H3498}{(H8689)} in every work{H4639} of thine hand{H3027}, in the fruit{H6529} of thy body{H990}, and in the fruit{H6529} of thy cattle{H929}, and in the fruit{H6529} of thy land{H127}, for good{H2896}: for the LORD{H3068} will again{H7725}{(H8799)} rejoice{H7797}{(H8800)} over thee for good{H2896}, as he rejoiced{H7797}{(H8804)} over thy fathers{H1}: 10 If thou shalt hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his commandments{H4687} and his statutes{H2708} which are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in this book{H5612} of the law{H8451}, and if thou turn{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} with all thine heart{H3824}, and with all thy soul{H5315}.
  • 1 Sam 31:10 : 10 And they put{H7760}{(H8799)} his armour{H3627} in the house{H1004} of Ashtaroth{H6252}{(H8677)}{H1045}: and they fastened{H8628}{(H8804)} his body{H1472} to the wall{H2346} of Bethshan{H1052}.
  • 1 Kgs 8:48 : 48 And so return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto thee with all their heart{H3824}, and with all their soul{H5315}, in the land{H776} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, which led them away captive{H7617}{(H8804)}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto thee toward{H1870} their land{H776}, which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}, the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}:
  • 1 Chr 22:19 : 19 Now set{H5414}{(H8798)} your heart{H3824} and your soul{H5315} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}; arise{H6965}{(H8798)} therefore, and build{H1129}{(H8798)} ye the sanctuary{H4720} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430}, to bring{H935}{(H8687)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, and the holy{H6944} vessels{H3627} of God{H430}, into the house{H1004} that is to be built{H1129}{(H8737)} to the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon{H8010} my son{H1121}, know{H3045}{(H8798)} thou the God{H430} of thy father{H1}, and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} him with a perfect{H8003} heart{H3820} and with a willing{H2655} mind{H5315}: for the LORD{H3068} searcheth{H1875}{(H8802)} all hearts{H3824}, and understandeth{H995}{(H8688)} all the imaginations{H3336} of the thoughts{H4284}: if thou seek{H1875}{(H8799)} him, he will be found{H4672}{(H8735)} of thee; but if thou forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} him, he will cast thee off{H2186}{(H8686)} for ever{H5703}.
  • Judg 10:6 : 6 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451} again{H3254}{(H8686)} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baalim{H1168}, and Ashtaroth{H6252}, and the gods{H430} of Syria{H758}, and the gods{H430} of Zidon{H6721}, and the gods{H430} of Moab{H4124}, and the gods{H430} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and the gods{H430} of the Philistines{H6430}, and forsook{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, and served{H5647}{(H8804)} not him.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 That prepareth{H3559}{(H8689)} his heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} God{H430}, the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of his fathers{H1}, though he be not cleansed according to the purification{H2893} of the sanctuary{H6944}.
  • Joel 2:12-13 : 12 Therefore also now, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye even to me with all your heart{H3824}, and with fasting{H6685}, and with weeping{H1065}, and with mourning{H4553}: 13 And rend{H7167}{(H8798)} your heart{H3824}, and not your garments{H899}, and turn{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}: for he is gracious{H2587} and merciful{H7349}, slow{H750} to anger{H639}, and of great{H7227} kindness{H2617}, and repenteth{H5162}{(H8737)} him of the evil{H7451}.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away{H7993}{(H8685)} from you all your transgressions{H6588}, whereby ye have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)}; and make{H6213}{(H8798)} you a new{H2319} heart{H3820} and a new{H2319} spirit{H7307}: for why will ye die{H4191}{(H8799)}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}?
  • Hos 6:1-2 : 1 Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}: for he hath torn{H2963}{(H8804)}, and he will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} us; he hath smitten{H5221}{(H8686)}, and he will bind us up{H2280}{(H8799)}. 2 After two days{H3117} will he revive{H2421}{(H8762)} us: in the third{H7992} day{H3117} he will raise us up{H6965}{(H8686)}, and we shall live{H2421}{(H8799)} in his sight{H6440}.
  • Job 11:13-14 : 13 If thou prepare{H3559}{(H8689)} thine heart{H3820}, and stretch{H6566}{(H8804)} out thine hands{H3709} toward him; 14 If iniquity{H205} be in thine hand{H3027}, put it far away{H7368}{(H8685)}, and let not wickedness{H5766} dwell{H7931}{(H8686)} in thy tabernacles{H168}.
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The preparations{H4633} of the heart{H3820} in man{H120}, and the answer{H4617} of the tongue{H3956}, is from the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless{H61} there are good{H2896} things{H1697} found{H4672}{(H8738)} in thee, in that thou hast taken away{H1197}{(H8765)} the groves{H842} out of the land{H776}, and hast prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} thine heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} God{H430}.
  • Judg 2:13 : 13 And they forsook{H5800}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baal{H1168} and Ashtaroth{H6252}.
  • Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away{H5493}{(H8686)} the strange{H5236} gods{H430} from among{H7130} them, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}: and his soul{H5315} was grieved{H7114}{(H8799)} for the misery{H5999} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel{H3478}, return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; for thou hast fallen{H3782}{(H8804)} by thine iniquity{H5771}.
  • Jer 4:3-4 : 3 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} to the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, Break up{H5214}{(H8798)} your fallow ground{H5215}, and sow{H2232}{(H8799)} not among thorns{H6975}. 4 Circumcise{H4135}{(H8734)} yourselves to the LORD{H3068}, and take away{H5493}{(H8685)} the foreskins{H6190} of your heart{H3824}, ye men{H376} of Judah{H3063} and inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}: lest my fury{H2534} come forth{H3318}{(H8799)} like fire{H784}, and burn{H1197}{(H8804)} that none can quench{H3518}{(H8764)} it, because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of your doings{H4611}.
  • Matt 15:8 : 8 This{G3778} people{G2992} draweth nigh{G1448}{(G5719)} unto me{G3427} with their{G846} mouth{G4750}, and{G2532} honoureth{G5091}{(G5719)} me{G3165} with their lips{G5491}; but{G1161} their{G846} heart{G2588} is{G568}{(G5719)} far{G4206} from{G575} me{G1700}.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No man{G3762} can{G1410}{(G5736)} serve{G1398}{(G5721)} two{G1417} masters{G2962}: for{G1063} either{G2228} he will hate{G3404}{(G5692)} the one{G1520}, and{G2532} love{G25}{(G5692)} the other{G2087}; or else{G2228} he will hold{G472}{(G5695)} to the one{G1520}, and{G2532} despise{G2706}{(G5692)} the other{G2087}. Ye cannot{G3756}{G1410}{(G5736)} serve{G1398}{(G5721)} God{G2316} and{G2532} mammon{G3126}.
  • John 4:24 : 24 God{G2316} is a Spirit{G4151}: and{G2532} they that worship{G4352}{(G5723)} him{G846} must{G1163}{(G5748)} worship{G4352}{(G5721)} him in{G1722} spirit{G4151} and{G2532} in truth{G225}.