Deuteronomy 30:17
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But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them:

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Deuteronomy 29:18-28 Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness. . . .

1 Samuel 12:25 But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.

John 3:19-21 And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. . . .

heart

Deuteronomy 17:17 He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

1 Kings 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come into yours: for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.

Proverbs 1:32 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

Proverbs 14:14 A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.

2 Timothy 4:4 And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God.

Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

Context
The Choice of Life or Death
16That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. 17But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them:18I foretell thee this day that thou shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short time in the land, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.…
Cross References
Numbers 32:15
For if you will not follow him, he will leave the people in the wilderness, and you shall be the cause of the destruction of all.

Deuteronomy 30:16
That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.

Deuteronomy 30:18
I foretell thee this day that thou shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short time in the land, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.

Lexicon
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

your heart
לְבָבְךָ֖ (lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

turns away
יִפְנֶ֥ה (yip̄·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

and you do not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

listen,
תִשְׁמָ֑ע (ṯiš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

but are drawn away
וְנִדַּחְתָּ֗ (wə·nid·daḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5080: To impel, thrust, banish

to bow down
וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ (wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7812: To depress, prostrate

to other
אֲחֵרִ֖ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

gods
לֵאלֹהִ֥ים (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and worship them,
וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃ (wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave


Additional Translations
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

But if thy heart change, and thou wilt not hearken, and thou shalt go astray and worship other gods, and serve them,

But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to other gods and serve them;

But if thine heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

But if thy heart shall turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

'And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them,
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