1 Samuel 12:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Samuel replied, ‘Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the Lord.  Instead, worship the Lord with all your heart.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:16

Be careful  that you are not enticed to turn aside, serve, and bow in worship to other gods.

1 Peter 3:16

Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience,  so that when you are accused,  those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.

Jeremiah 3:1

If  a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land  become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners   – can you return to me? This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Joshua 23:6

‘Be very strong  and continue obeying all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you do not turn from it to the right or left

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death you will become completely corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. Disaster will come to you in the future, because you will do what is evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him with what your hands have made.’

Exodus 23:25

Serve the Lord your God, and he  will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you.

Exodus 32:30

The following day Moses said to the people, ‘You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I will be able to atone for your sin.’

1 Samuel 12:19

They pleaded with Samuel, ‘Pray to the Lord your God for your servants  so we won’t die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of requesting a king for ourselves.’

Deuteronomy 10:12

‘And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear  the Lord your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?

1 Chronicles 28:9

‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,  for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.  If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.

Haggai 2:5

This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt,  and my Spirit is present among you; don’t be afraid.” ’