1 Samuel 7:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ Then Samuel spoke to the whole house of Israel saying, “If you are returning to Adonai with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, direct your hearts to Adonai and serve Him only. Then He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth [female deities] from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only, and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ Then Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, “If you are turning to the LORD with all your heart, then get rid of all the foreign gods and the Astartes you have. Set your heart on the LORD! Worship him only! Then he will deliver you from the Philistines’ power.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Then Samuel spoke to the entire house of Israel, saying: "If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, take away strange gods from among you, the Baals and Ashtaroth, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve him alone. And he will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth. And prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 7:3 Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his household and to everyone who was with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Cleanse yourselves and change your clothes.

1 Kings 11:33

“‘For they have abandoned Me and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.

1 Kings 8:48

and they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who carried them into exile, and pray to You toward their land that You gave to their fathers, the city that You have chosen and the House which I have built for Your Name,

2 Kings 17:39

but Adonai your God will you fear. Then He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 23:15

Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel and the shrine built by Jeroboam son of Nebat—who caused Israel to sin—that altar and the shrine he demolished, too. He burned the shrine and ground it to dust, and burned up the Asherah.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your hearts and souls to seek after Adonai your God. Rise up and build the Sanctuary of Adonai Elohim so that you can bring the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai and the holy vessels of God into the House built for the Name of Adonai.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

“Now you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, good things are found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”

2 Chronicles 20:33

However, the high places were not removed, nor did the people direct their hearts to the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 30:19

every one who prepares his heart to seek Adonai, the God of his fathers, even though he is not pure according to rules of the sanctuary.”

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the tongue’s answer is from Adonai.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 24:7

Then I will give them a heart to know Me—for I am Adonai—and they will be My people, and I will be their God. For they will return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity that I am planning to do to them, in order that they may turn, each one from his evil way. Then I would forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 4:1

“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares Adonai. “If you will put your detestable things out of My sight. Then you will not waver.

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: “Return, turn away from your idols; turn your faces from all your abominations.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast off from you all your transgressions that you have committed. Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel?

Hosea 14:1

Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

Matthew 4:10

Then Yeshua says to him, “Go away, satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship Adonai your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Luke 4:8

But answering, Yeshua told him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship Adonai your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”

John 4:24

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

Deuteronomy 10:20

Adonai your God you will fear—Him will you serve. To Him will you cling, and by His Name will you swear.

Deuteronomy 13:4

You must not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams—for Adonai your God is testing you, to find out whether you love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there you will seek Adonai your God and you will find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You must fear Adonai your God and serve Him, and swear by His Name.

Joshua 13:31

also half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir according to their clans.

Joshua 24:14

“Now therefore, fear Adonai and worship Him in sincerity and in truth. Get rid of the gods that your fathers had worshipped beyond the River and in Egypt, and worship Adonai.

Joshua 24:23

“Now therefore, get rid of the foreign gods that are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Adonai, God of Israel.”

Judges 10:16

Then they removed the foreign gods from among them, and worshipped Adonai. So His soul could not bear the misery of Israel.

Judges 10:6

Then Bnei-Yisrael again did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes. They worshipped the Baalim, the Ashtaroth, gods of Aram, gods of Zidon, gods of Moab, gods of the children of Ammon and gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Adonai and did not worship Him.

Judges 2:11

Then Bnei-Yisrael did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, and worshipped the Baalim.

Judges 2:13

So they forsook Adonai and worshipped Baal and the Ashtaroth.

1 Samuel 31:10

Then they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth and fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.