1 Samuel 12:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.”
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“Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 12:24 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 10:21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
- Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 29:2Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
- Joshua 24:14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
- 2 Kings 17:39but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
- Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
- Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Psalms 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
- Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
- Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
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