1 Samuel 12:20

New Century Version

Samuel answered, “Don’t be afraid. It’s true that you did wrong, but don’t turn away from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, accept the God of your father. Serve him completely and willingly, because the Lord knows what is in everyone’s mind. He understands everything you think. If you go to him for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from him, he will leave you forever.

Psalm 101:3

I will not look at anything wicked. I hate those who turn against you; they will not be found near me.

Psalm 125:5

But, Lord, when you remove those who do evil, also remove those who stop following you. Let there be peace in Israel.

Psalm 40:4

Happy is the person who trusts the Lord, who doesn’t turn to those who are proud or to those who worship false gods.

Exodus 23:25

If you worship the Lord your God, I will bless your bread and your water. I will take away sickness from you.

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses told the people, “You have done a terrible sin. But now I will go up to the Lord. Maybe I can do something so your sins will be removed.”

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should her first husband come back to her again? If he went back to her, wouldn’t the land become completely unclean? But you have acted like a prostitute with many lovers, and now you want to come back to me?” says the Lord.

Haggai 2:5

‘I made a promise to you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit is still with you. So don’t be afraid.’

Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, Israel, this is what the Lord your God wants you to do: Respect the Lord your God, and do what he has told you to do. Love him. Serve the Lord your God with your whole being,

Deuteronomy 11:16

Be careful, or you will be fooled and will turn away to serve and worship other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after I die you will become completely evil. You will turn away from the commands I have given you. Terrible things will happen to you in the future when you do what the Lord says is evil, and you will make him angry with the idols you have made.”

Joshua 23:6

“Be strong. You must be careful to obey everything commanded in the Book of the Teachings of Moses. Do not stray from it either from the left or the right.

1 Peter 3:16

but answer in a gentle way and with respect. Keep a clear conscience so that those who speak evil of your good life in Christ will be made ashamed.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants! Don’t let us die! We’ve added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”