1 Samuel 12:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 40:4

Happy are those who make the Lord their trust, who do not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods.

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Exodus 32:30

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Jeremiah 3:1

If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not such a land be greatly polluted? You have prostituted yourself with many lovers, and would you return to me? says the Lord.

Haggai 2:5

according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear.

Deuteronomy 10:12

“So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 11:16

Take care, or you will be seduced into turning away, serving other gods and worshiping them,

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly, turning aside from the way that I have commanded you. In time to come trouble will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

Joshua 23:6

Therefore be very steadfast to observe and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right nor to the left,

1 Peter 3:16

yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins the evil of demanding a king for ourselves.”