And there you shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall find Him whenever you shall seek Him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, and with all your soul, and all your strength.

And these words, all that I command you this day, shall be in your heart and in your soul.

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do unto us according to all that is good in Your eyes; only deliver us this day.

And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and His soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the Lord with all your heart, [then] take away the strange gods from your midst, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve Him only; and He shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

But if you turn again to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; if you should be scattered to the uttermost [parts] of heaven, yet will I gather them from there, and I will bring them into the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.

Blessed are they that search out His testimonies; they will diligently seek Him with the whole heart.

With my whole heart have I diligently sought You; cast me not away from Your commandments.

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will search out Your statutes.

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

Seek the Lord, and when you find Him, call upon Him; and when He draws near to you,

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

And for all these things faithless Judah turned not to Me with all her heart, but falsely.

And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be to Me a people, and I will be to them a God: for they shall turn to Me with all their heart.

And pray to Me, and I will hearken to you; and you shall earnestly seek Me, and you shall find Me;

And I will appear to you.

As it is written in the Law of Moses, all these evils have come upon us: yet we have not sought after the Lord our God, that we might turn away from our iniquities, and have understanding in all Your truth.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God; for the people have fallen through your iniquities.

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God. Speak to Him, that you may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that you may receive good things; and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

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For with the heart one believes [resulting in] righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, [resulting in] salvation.

that Your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which You said, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which Your servant prays at this place day and night.

And You shall hearken to the prayer of Your servant, and of Your people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and You shall hear in Your dwelling place in heaven, and You shall do and be gracious.

And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house. And his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.