Samuel Judges Israel

And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, (A)“If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then (B)put away the foreign gods and the (C)Ashtaroth from among you and (D)direct your heart to the Lord (E)and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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And Jesus answered him, (A)“It is written,

(B)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God,
    and (C)him only shall you serve.’”

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You shall (A)walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and (B)hold fast to him.

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10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, (A)Satan! For (B)it is written,

(C)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
    and (D)him only shall you serve.’”

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13 It is (A)the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and (B)by his name you shall swear.

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let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Choose Whom You Will Serve

14 (A)“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. (B)Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

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23 He said, “Then (A)put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

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24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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20 (A)You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and (B)hold fast to him, and (C)by his name you shall swear.

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Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    (A)“return to me with all your heart,
(B)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13     and (C)rend your hearts and not (D)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    (E)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    (F)and he relents over disaster.

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48 (A)if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you (B)toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,

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Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

“Come, let us (A)return to the Lord;
    for (B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and (C)he will bind us up.
After two days (D)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.

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