1 Samuel 7:3
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3 Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you (A)return to the Lord with all your hearts, then (B)put away the foreign gods and the (C)Ashtoreths[a] from among you, and (D)prepare your hearts for the Lord, and (E)serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
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- 1 Samuel 7:3 Images of Canaanite goddesses
Luke 4:8
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8 And Jesus answered and said to him, [a]“Get behind Me, Satan! [b]For it is written, (A)‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
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Deuteronomy 13:4
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4 You shall (A)walk[a] after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and (B)hold fast to Him.
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- Deuteronomy 13:4 follow the Lord
Matthew 4:10
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10 Then Jesus said to him, [a]“Away with you, Satan! For it is written, (A)‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
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- Matthew 4:10 M Get behind Me
Deuteronomy 6:13
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13 You shall (A)fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and (B)shall take oaths in His name.
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Isaiah 55:7
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7 (A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Joshua 24:14
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14 (A)“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in (B)sincerity and in truth, and (C)put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of [a]the River and (D)in Egypt. Serve the Lord!
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- Joshua 24:14 The Euphrates
Joshua 24:23
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23 “Now therefore,” he said, (A)“put away the foreign gods which are among you, and (B)incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”
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John 4:24
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24 (A)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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Deuteronomy 10:20
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20 (A)You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.
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Joel 2:12-13
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A Call to Repentance
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So (B)rend your heart, and not (C)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (D)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
1 Kings 8:48
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48 and when they (A)return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and (B)pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name:
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Hosea 6:1-2
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Deuteronomy 30:2-10
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2 and you (A)return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 (B)that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and (C)gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 (D)If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. 5 Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. 6 And (E)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
7 “Also the Lord your God will put all these (F)curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you will (G)again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 (H)The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the [a]fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again (I)rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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- Deuteronomy 30:9 offspring
Matthew 6:24
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You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 (A)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (B)You cannot serve God and [a]mammon.
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- Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
Matthew 15:8
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8 ‘These(A) people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
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- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
Judges 10:6
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Israel Oppressed Again
6 Then (A)the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and (B)served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, (C)the gods of Syria, the gods of (D)Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.
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1 Chronicles 22:19
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19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to (A)bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built (B)for the name of the Lord.”
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Jeremiah 4:3-4
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3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
(A)“Break up your [a]fallow ground,
And (B)do not sow among thorns.
4 (C)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”
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- Jeremiah 4:3 untilled
Genesis 35:2
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2 And Jacob said to his (A)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (B)the foreign gods that are among you, (C)purify yourselves, and change your garments.
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Ezekiel 18:31
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31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (B)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “As for you, my son Solomon, (A)know the God of your father, and serve Him (B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for (C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. (D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will (E)cast you off forever.
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Job 11:13-14
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13 “If you would (A)prepare your heart,
And (B)stretch out your hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And (C)would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
Proverbs 16:1
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Wisdom Is Better Than Gold
16 The (A)preparations[a] of the heart belong to man,
(B)But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
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- Proverbs 16:1 plans
2 Chronicles 19:3
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3 Nevertheless (A)good things are found in you, in that you have removed the [a]wooden images from the land, and have (B)prepared your heart to seek God.”
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- 2 Chronicles 19:3 Or Asherim, Heb. Asheroth
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