1 Samuel 7:3

Legacy Standard Bible

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are to return to Yahweh with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and set your hearts toward Yahweh and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods which are among you and cleanse yourselves and change your garments;

1 Kings 11:33

because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My sight and to keep My statutes and My judgments, as his father David did.

1 Kings 8:48

and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;

2 Kings 17:39

But Yahweh your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 23:15

Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now give your heart and your soul to seek Yahweh your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a delighted soul; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 19:3

But some good has been found in you, for you have purged the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

2 Chronicles 20:33

The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 30:19

for everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not according to the rules of cleansing of the sanctuary.”

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to Yahweh, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am Yahweh; 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 evil which I devise to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 4:1

“If you will return, O Israel,” declares Yahweh, “Then you should return to Me. And if you will put away your detested things from My presence And will not waver

Ezekiel 14:6

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Turn back and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Now why will you die, O house of Israel?

Hosea 14:1

Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God, For you have stumbled in your iniquity.

Matthew 15:8

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

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus *said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’ ”

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Luke 4:8

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’ ”

John 4:24

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

Deuteronomy 10:20

Yahweh your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall cling, and by His name you shall swear.

Deuteronomy 13:4

You shall walk after Yahweh your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find Him, for you will search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Yahweh your God you shall fear; and Him you shall serve; and by His name you shall swear.

Joshua 13:31

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

Joshua 24:14

“So now, fear Yahweh and serve Him in integrity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.

Joshua 24:23

“So now, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

Judges 10:16

So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and He could bear the trouble of Israel no longer.

Judges 10:6

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook Yahweh and did not serve Him.

Judges 2:11

Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and served the Baals,

Judges 2:13

So they forsook Yahweh and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

1 Samuel 31:10

And they placed his weapons in the house of Ashtaroth and fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.