1Sa 7:3-4, Eze 18:21, 31, 33:12, Col 3:5-9, Tit 2:14, Jam 2:10-12 | 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 .

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.” 4 So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord only.

Ezekiel 18:21

21 ^f“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^gwhat is just and right, ^hhe shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:31

31 ⁱCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^jmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^kWhy will you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 33:12

12 ^l“And you, son of man, say to ^myour people, ⁿThe righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, ^oand as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, ^pand the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness ^{▼▼Hebrew by it} when he sins.

Colossians 3:5-9

5 ^rPut to death therefore ^swhat is earthly in you: ^{▼▼Greek therefore your members that are on the earth} ^usexual immorality, impurity, ^vpassion, evil desire, and covetousness, ^wwhich is idolatry. 6 ^xOn account of these the wrath of God is coming. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add upon the sons of disobedience} 7 ^zIn these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now ^aayou must put them all away: ^abanger, wrath, malice, ^acslander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 ^adDo not lie to one another, seeing that ^aeyou have put off ^afthe old self ^{▼▼Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10} with its practices

Titus 2:14

14 ^ahwho gave himself for us to ^airedeem us from all lawlessness and ^ajto purify for himself ^aka people for his own possession who are ^alzealous for good works.

James 2:10-12

10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point ^amhas become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said, ^an“Do not commit adultery,” also said, ^ao“Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under ^apthe law of liberty.