1 Samuel 7:3
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Samuel as Judge
3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Astartes from among you. Direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”(A)
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Luke 4:8
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8 Jesus answered him, “It is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”(A)
Deuteronomy 13:4
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4 The Lord your God you shall follow, him alone you shall fear, his commandments you shall keep, his voice you shall obey, him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.(A)
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Matthew 4:10
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10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”(A)
Deuteronomy 6:13
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13 The Lord your God you shall fear, him you shall serve, and by his name alone you shall swear.(A)
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Isaiah 55:7
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7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(A)
Joshua 24:14
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14 “Now, therefore, revere the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord.(A)
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Joshua 24:23
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23 He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”(A)
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John 4:24
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24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 10:20
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20 You shall fear the Lord your God; him you shall serve; to him you shall hold fast; and by his name you shall swear.(A)
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Joel 2:12-13
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12 Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;(A)
13 rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love,
and relenting from punishment.(B)
1 Kings 8:48
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48 if they repent with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and pray to you toward their land that you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,(A)
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Hosea 6:1-2
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Deuteronomy 30:2-10
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2 and return to the Lord your God, and you and your children obey him with all your heart and with all your soul, just as I am commanding you today,(A) 3 then the Lord your God will return you from your captivity and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you.(B) 4 Even if you are exiled to the ends of the world,[a] from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you back.(C) 5 The Lord your God will bring you into the land that your ancestors possessed, and you will possess it; he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors.
6 “Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.(D) 7 The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on the adversaries who took advantage of you. 8 Then you shall again obey the Lord, observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, 9 and the Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all your undertakings, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your soil. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, just as he delighted in prospering your ancestors,(E) 10 when you obey the Lord your God by observing his commandments and decrees that are written in this book of the law, because you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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- 30.4 Heb of heaven
Matthew 6:24
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Serving Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.[a](A)
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- 6.24 Gk mammon
Matthew 15:8
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8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;(A)
Judges 10:6
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Oppression by the Ammonites
6 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, serving the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Thus they abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.(A)
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1 Chronicles 22:19
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19 Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Go and build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into the house built for the name of the Lord.”(A)
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Jeremiah 4:3-4
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3 For thus says the Lord to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
Break up your fallow ground,
and do not sow among thorns.(A)
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire
and burn with no one to quench it,
because of the evil of your doings.(B)
Genesis 35:2
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2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes;(A)
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Ezekiel 18:31
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31 Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?(A)
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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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.(A)
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Job 11:13-14
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13 “If you direct your heart rightly,
you will stretch out your hands toward him.(A)
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and do not let wickedness reside in your tents.(B)
Proverbs 16:1
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16 The plans of the mind belong to mortals,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 Chronicles 19:3
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3 Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles[a] out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”(A)
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- 19.3 Or Asherahs
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