The Spirit of God

1 Samuel 10:6-7
The Spirit of the LORD will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

Plead with God

1 Samuel 7:8
Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us

Listening to God

1 Samuel 3;9
And if He calls you, you shall say, Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.

Anger, Pride, Insults...etc

1 Samuel 2: 3
Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance go forth from your mouth

Blessings of God

1 Samuel 1:17
Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.

Idols

Joshua 24:19
If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you."

Joshua 24:23
23 "Now then," said Joshua, "throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."

Judges 2:2
Why have you done this? Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you

Joshu 2:12
They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger

Joshua 2:17
they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them.

1 Samuel 7 :3
If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods commit yourselves to the LORD

1 Samuel 12:20-21
yet do not turn away from the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. 21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

The promise of God

Joshua 21:45
Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

Joshua 23:14
You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.
1 Samuel 12:24
For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own

1 Samuel 15:29
He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind."

1 Samuel 17:47
it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's.

Relationship with God

Joshua 7:12
I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

Joshua 24:15
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

1Samuel 2; 1
My heart exults and triumphs in the Lord;

1 Samuel 2:25
If one man wrongs another, God will mediate for him; but if a man wrongs the Lord, who shall intercede for him?

1 Samuel 2:30
those who honor Me I will honor


1 Samuel 3:18
It is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him.

1 Samuel 15:31
"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD ?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.