1 Samuel 7:3

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Samuel told the entire nation of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord wholeheartedly, get rid of the foreign gods you have, including the statues of the goddess Astarte. Make a commitment to the Lord, and serve only him. Then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his family and those who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods which you have, wash yourselves until you are ritually clean, and change your clothes.

1 Kings 11:33

I will do this because he has abandoned me and worshiped Astarte (the goddess of the Sidonians), Chemosh (the god of Moab), and Milcom (the god of Ammon). He has not followed my ways. He did not do what I consider right or keep my laws and decrees as his father David did.

1 Kings 8:48

if they change their attitude toward you in the land of their enemies where they are captives, if they pray to you toward the land that you gave their ancestors, and the city you have chosen, and the temple I have built for your name,

2 Kings 17:39

Instead, worship the Lord your God, and he will rescue you from your enemies.’ ”

2 Kings 23:15

He also tore down the altar at Bethel—the place of worship made by Jeroboam (Nebat’s son), who had made Israel sin. He tore down both the altar and the place of worship. They burned the worship site, crushing it to powder and burning the pole dedicated to Asherah.

1 Chronicles 22:19

So dedicate your hearts and lives to serving the Lord your God. Start building the holy place of the Lord God so that you can bring the ark of the Lord’s promise and God’s holy utensils into the temple that will be built for the Lord’s name.”

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.

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, you’ve done some good things: You’ve burned the Asherah poles in this country, and you’ve wholeheartedly dedicated your life to serving God.”

2 Chronicles 20:33

But the illegal worship sites on the hills were not torn down. The people still didn’t have their hearts set on the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 30:19

those who have their hearts set on dedicating their lives to serving God. May the Lord God of their ancestors do this for those who are not clean as required for the holy place.”

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to humans, but an answer on the tongue comes from the Lord.

Isaiah 55:7

Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will wholeheartedly come back to me.

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the nation of Judah will hear about all the disasters that I plan to bring on them, and they will turn from their wicked ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins.”

Jeremiah 4:1

The Lord declares, “If you come back, Israel, if you come back to me, if you take your disgusting idols out of my sight and you don’t wander away from me,

Ezekiel 14:6

“So tell the nation of Israel, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Change the way you think and act! Turn away from your idols, and don’t return to any of your disgusting things.

Ezekiel 18:31

Stop all the rebellious things that you are doing. Get yourselves new hearts and new spirits. Why do you want to die, nation of Israel?

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.

Matthew 15:8

‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! Scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. He will hate the first master and love the second, or he will be devoted to the first and despise the second. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered him, “Scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

John 4:24

God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

Fear the Lord your God, worship him, be loyal to him, and take your oaths in his name.

Deuteronomy 13:4

Worship the Lord your God, fear him, obey his commands, listen to what he says, serve him, and be loyal to him.

Deuteronomy 4:29

But if you look for the Lord your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You must fear the Lord your God, serve him, and take your oaths only in his name.

Joshua 13:31

It also included half of Gilead with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. They were given to half the families of Machir, son of Manasseh, ⌞for their inheritance⌟.

Joshua 24:14

“Fear the Lord, and serve him with integrity and faithfulness. Get rid of the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve only the Lord.

Joshua 24:23

“Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Turn yourselves entirely over to the Lord God of Israel.”

Judges 10:16

Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the Lord. So the Lord could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer.

Judges 10:6

The people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Astartes—and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve him.

Judges 2:11

The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods—the Baals.

Judges 2:13

They abandoned the Lord to serve the god Baal and the goddess Astarte.

1 Samuel 31:10

They put his armor in the temple of their goddesses—the Asherahs—and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth Shan.