1 Samuel 12:20

New American Bible - revised edition

“Do not fear,” Samuel answered them. “You have indeed committed all this evil! Yet do not turn from the Lord, but serve him with your whole heart.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:16

But be careful lest your heart be so lured away that you serve other gods and bow down to them.

1 Peter 3:16

but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame.

Jeremiah 3:1

If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and then becomes the wife of another, Can she return to the first? Would not this land be wholly defiled? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers, and yet you would return to me!—oracle of the Lord.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to crooked ways may the Lord send down with the evildoers. Peace upon Israel!

Psalm 101:3

I do not allow into my presence anything base. I hate wrongdoing; I will have no part of it.

Psalm 40:4

And puts a new song in my mouth, a hymn to our God. Many shall look on in fear and they shall trust in the Lord.

Joshua 23:6

Therefore be strong and be careful to observe all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, never turning from it right or left,

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death you are sure to act corruptly and to turn aside from the way along which I commanded you, so that evil will befall you in time to come because you have done what is evil in the Lord’s sight, and provoked him by your deeds. The Song of Moses.

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve the Lord, your God; then he will bless your food and drink, and I will remove sickness from your midst;

Exodus 32:30

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I may be able to make atonement for your sin.”

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants, that we may not die for having added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, therefore, Israel, what does the Lord, your God, ask of you but to fear the Lord, your God, to follow in all his ways, to love and serve the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and with your whole being,

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

Haggai 2:5

This is the commitment I made to you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit remains in your midst; do not fear!