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1 Samuel 12:24

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

KJV

Igitur timete Dominum, et servite ei in veritate, et ex toto corde vestro : vidistis enim magnifica quæ in vobis gesserit.

Vulgate

πλὴν φοβεῖσθε τὸν κύριον καὶ δουλεύσατε αὐτῷ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, ὅτι εἴδετε ἃ ἐμεγάλυνεν μεθ’ ὑμῶν·

LXX

Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.

ASV

אַ֣ךְ יְר֣אוּ אֶת יְהוָ֗ה וַ/עֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם אֹת֛/וֹ בֶּ/אֱמֶ֖ת בְּ/כָל לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם כִּ֣י רְא֔וּ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר הִגְדִּ֖ל עִמָּ/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִגְדַּ֣ל
ygdl
verb · 114×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 287×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 17:39 — But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
  • 2Sam 9:7 — And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table cont
  • Deut 8:6 — Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
  • Deut 10:21 — He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
  • Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Exod 12:13 — And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Eg
  • Exod 23:25 — And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
  • Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
  • Heb 12:29 — For our God is a consuming fire.
  • Isa 5:12 — And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
  • Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Joel 2:21 — Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
  • John 1:47 — Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
  • John 4:23 — But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
  • Josh 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
  • Mark 4:41 — And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
  • Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Ps 19:9 — The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
  • Ps 111:10 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
  • Ps 119:80 — Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
  • Ps 126:2 — Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
  • Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.