1 Samuel 12:20

God's Word

“Don’t be afraid,” Samuel told the people. “You did do all these evil things. But don’t turn away from the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord wholeheartedly.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

Psalm 101:3

I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.

Psalm 125:5

But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!

Psalm 40:4

Blessed is the person who places his confidence in the Lord and does not rely on arrogant people or those who follow lies.

Exodus 23:25

You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your food and water. I will take away all sickness from among you.

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a serious sin. Now I will go up the mountain to the Lord. Maybe I will be able to make a payment for your sin and make peace with the Lord for your sin.”

Jeremiah 3:1

A saying: If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again. The land would become thoroughly polluted. “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers. And now you want to come back to me!” declares the Lord.

Haggai 2:5

“This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains with you. Don’t be afraid.

Deuteronomy 10:12

Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Be careful, or you’ll be tempted to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make the Lord furious by doing what he considers evil.”

Joshua 23:6

Now you must be very strong to keep and to do everything written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings. Don’t turn away from them.

1 Peter 3:16

Keep your conscience clear. Then those who treat the good Christian life you live with contempt will feel ashamed that they have ridiculed you.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us so that we will not die. We have added ⌞another⌟ evil thing to all our other sins by asking for a king.”