1 Samuel 12:24
Good News Translation
Obey the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Remember the great things he has done for you.

New Revised Standard Version
Only fear the LORD, and serve him faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.

Contemporary English Version
You also must obey the LORD--you must worship him with all your heart and remember the great things he has done for you.

New American Bible
But you must fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart, for you have seen the great things the LORD has done among you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth, and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth, and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.

fear the Lord

Job 28:28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

Proverbs 1:7 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you shall be; and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you; and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt.

Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

in truth

Psalm 119:80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.

consider

Ezra 9:13,14 And after all that is come upon us, for our most wicked deeds, and our great sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved us from our iniquity, and hast given us a deliverance as at this day, . . .

Isaiah 5:12 The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.

how great things.

Deuteronomy 10:21 He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thy eyes have seen.

Psalm 126:2,3 Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. . . .

Context
Samuel's Farewell Address
23And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you: and I will teach you the good and right way. 24Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth, and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you.25But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:21
He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thy eyes have seen.

Joshua 24:14
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart: and put away the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Psalm 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Isaiah 5:12
The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

1 Samuel 12:23
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