1 Samuel 7: 3

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THE FIRST BOOK OF
SAMUEL
OTHERWISE CALLED
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS

CHAPTER 7

3 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do ^areturn unto the Lord with all your hearts, then ^bput away the strange ^cgods and ^dAshtaroth from among you, and prepare your ^ehearts unto the Lord, and ^fserve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

Footnotes

3a	Deut. 30: 2 (2-10). 2 And shalt ^areturn unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; Hel. 13: 11. 11 But if ye will repent and ^areturn unto the Lord your God I will turn away mine anger, saith the Lord; yea, thus saith the Lord, blessed are they who will repent and turn unto me, but wo unto him that repenteth not. 3 Ne. 10: 6 (5-7). 6 O ye house of Israel whom I have ^aspared, how oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and ^breturn unto me with full purpose of ^cheart. 3 Ne. 24: 7. 7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ^aordinances, and have not kept them. ^bReturn unto me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. But ye say: Wherein shall we return? Moro. 9: 22. 22 But behold, my son, I recommend thee unto God, and I trust in Christ that thou wilt be saved; and I ^apray unto God that he will ^bspare thy life, to witness the return of his people unto him, or their utter destruction; for I know that they must perish except they ^crepent and return unto him.
b	Judg. 10: 16. 16 And they ^aput away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was ^bgrieved for the misery of Israel.
c	TG Idolatry.
d	IE the images of the fertility goddess.
e	TG Heart.
f	Deut. 6: 13. 13 Thou shalt ^afear the Lord thy God, and ^bserve him, and shalt ^cswear by his name. 3 Ne. 13: 24. 24 No man can ^aserve ^btwo masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. D&C 4: 2. 2 Therefore, O ye that embark in the ^aservice of God, see that ye ^bserve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand ^cblameless before God at the last day. D&C 59: 10 (9-14). 10 For verily this is a ^aday appointed unto you to rest from your labors, and to pay thy devotions unto the Most High; D&C 76: 5. 5 For thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am ^amerciful and gracious unto those who ^bfear me, and delight to honor those who ^cserve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end. Moses 1: 15. 15 Blessed be the name of my God, for his ^aSpirit hath not altogether withdrawn from me, or else where is thy glory, for it is darkness unto me? And I can judge between thee and God; for God said unto me: ^bWorship God, for him only shalt thou ^cserve.