1Sa 7:3, 2Ch 12:14, 19:3, Job 5:8, 8:5-6, 22:21-22, Psa 78:8, Luk 12:47 | ESV | STEP | And 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 Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only , and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines .

1 Samuel 7:3

Samuel Judges Israel

3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ^a“If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then ^bput away the foreign gods and the ^cAshtaroth from among you and ^ddirect your heart to the Lord ^eand serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

2 Chronicles 12:14

14 And he did evil, ^ffor he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 19:3

3 Nevertheless, ^gsome good is found in you, for ^hyou destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have ⁱset your heart to seek God.”

Job 5:8

8 “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,

Job 8:5-6

5 If you will seek God
and ^jplead with the Almighty for mercy,
6 if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will ^krouse himself for you
and ^lrestore your rightful habitation.

Job 22:21-22

21 ^m“Agree with God, and ⁿbe at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from ^ohis mouth,
and ^play up his words in your heart.

Psalms 78:8

8 and that they should not be ^qlike their fathers,
^ra stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation ^swhose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Luke 12:47

47 ^tAnd that servant who ^uknew his master’s will but ^vdid not get ready ^wor act according to his will, will receive a ^xsevere beating.