1Sa 7:3 Cross References
1 Samuel 7:3
3: Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really serious about wanting to return to the LORD, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Determine to obey only the LORD; then he will rescue you from the Philistines."
Luke 4:8
- Jesus replied, "The Scriptures say, 'You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him.'"
Deuteronomy 13:4
- Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.
Matthew 4:10
- "Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures say, 'You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him.'"
Deuteronomy 6:13
- You must fear the LORD your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.
Isaiah 55:7
- Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Joshua 24:14
- "So honor the LORD and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone.
Joshua 24:23
- "All right then," Joshua said, "destroy the idols among you, and turn your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."
1 Kings 8:48
- Then if they turn to you with their whole heart and soul and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors, toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,
Deuteronomy 10:20
- You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.
John 4:24
- For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."
Joel 2:12
- That is why the LORD says, "Turn to me now, while there is time! Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
- Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you.
Hosea 6:1
- "Come, let us return to the LORD! He has torn us in pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.
- In just a short time, he will restore us so we can live in his presence.
Deuteronomy 30:2
- If at that time you return to the LORD your God, and you and your children begin wholeheartedly to obey all the commands I have given you today,
- then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.
- Though you are at the ends of the earth, the LORD your God will go and find you and bring you back again.
- He will return you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will possess that land again. He will make you even more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors!
- "The LORD your God will cleanse your heart and the hearts of all your descendants so that you will love him with all your heart and soul, and so you may live!
Judges 10:6
- Again the Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight. They worshiped images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. Not only this, but they abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all.
1 Chronicles 28:9
- "And Solomon, my son, get to know the God of your ancestors. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and understands and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
Ezekiel 18:31
- Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
Jeremiah 4:3
- This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: "Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns.
- Cleanse your minds and hearts before the LORD, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.
Matthew 15:8
- 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away.
Matthew 6:24
- "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Genesis 35:2
- So Jacob told everyone in his household, "Destroy your idols, wash yourselves, and put on clean clothing.
1 Chronicles 22:19
- Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD's covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD's name."
Job 11:13
- "If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!
- Get rid of your sins and leave all iniquity behind you.
2 Chronicles 30:19
- who decide to follow the LORD, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony."
Judges 10:16
- Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the LORD. And he was grieved by their misery.
Judges 2:13
- They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
Proverbs 16:1
- We can gather our thoughts, but the LORD gives the right answer.
2 Chronicles 19:3
- There is some good in you, however, for you have removed the Asherah poles throughout the land, and you have committed yourself to seeking God."
Hosea 14:1
- Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sins have brought you down.
1 Samuel 31:10
- They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-shan.