1 Samuel 7:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Samuel addressed the whole house of Israel: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, remove your foreign gods and your Astartes, fix your hearts on the Lord, and serve him alone, then the Lord will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him: “Get rid of the foreign gods among you; then purify yourselves and change your clothes.

1 Kings 11:33

For they have forsaken me and have bowed down to Astarte, goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of Moab, and Milcom, god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in my ways or done what is right in my eyes, according to my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.

1 Kings 8:48

if with their whole heart and soul they turn back to you in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, the city you have chosen, and the house I have built for your name,

2 Kings 17:39

You must venerate only the Lord, your God; it is he who will deliver you from the power of all your enemies.

2 Kings 23:15

Likewise the altar which was at Bethel, the high place built by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin—this same altar and high place he tore down and burned, grinding the high place to powder and burning the asherah.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Therefore, devote your hearts and souls to seeking the Lord your God. Proceed to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and God’s sacred vessels may be brought into the house built for the name of the Lord.”

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.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Yet some good has been found in you, since you have removed the asherahs from the land and have set your heart to seek God.” Judges Appointed.

2 Chronicles 20:33

Nevertheless, the high places did not disappear and the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 30:19

all who have set their heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not clean as holiness requires.”

Proverbs 16:1

Plans are made in human hearts, but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their way, and sinners their thoughts; Let them turn to the Lord to find mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps, if the house of Judah hears all the evil I have in mind to do to them, so that all of them turn from their evil way, then I can forgive their wickedness and their sin.

Jeremiah 4:1

If you return, Israel—oracle of the Lord— return to me. If you put your detestable things out of my sight, and do not stray,

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Return, turn away from your idols; from all your abominations, turn your faces.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

Hosea 14:1

Samaria has become guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed to pieces, their pregnant women shall be ripped open.

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;

Matthew 4:10

At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’”

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Dependence on God.

Luke 4:8

Jesus said to him in reply, “It is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve.’”

John 4:24

God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

The Lord, your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve; to him hold fast and by his name shall you swear.

Deuteronomy 13:4

do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer; for the Lord, your God, is testing you to know whether you really love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 4:29

Yet when you seek the Lord, your God, from there, you shall indeed find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The Lord, your God, shall you fear; him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear.

Joshua 13:31

Half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, royal cities of Og in Bashan, fell to the descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, to half the Machirites, by their clans.

Joshua 24:14

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:23

“Now, therefore, put away the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Judges 10:16

And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the Lord, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel.

Judges 10:6

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, serving the Baals and Ashtarts, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Since they had abandoned the Lord and would not serve him,

Judges 2:11

the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They served the Baals,

Judges 2:13

Because they had abandoned the Lord and served Baal and the Astartes,

1 Samuel 31:10

They put his armor in the temple of Astarte but impaled his body on the wall of Beth-shan. Burial of Saul.