1 Samuel 12:17-25
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u Is it not wheat harvest today? v I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that w your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king."
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So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, x and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
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And all the people said to Samuel, y "Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king."
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And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet z do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
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And z do not turn aside after a empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
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b For the Lord will not forsake his people, c for his great name's sake, because d it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
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Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing e to pray for you, f and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
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g Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider h what great things he has done for you.
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But if you still do wickedly, i you shall be swept away, j both you and your king."
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Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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1 Samuel 7:9 - 10
So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
James 5:16 - 18
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
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1 Samuel 8:7
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
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Exodus 14:31
Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
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1 Samuel 12:23
Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
Exodus 9:28
Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
Exodus 10:17
Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!
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Deuteronomy 11:16
Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them.
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1 Samuel 12:20
And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
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Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
Habakkuk 2:18
What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
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1 Kings 6:13
And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.
Psalms 94:14
For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage.
1 Kings 8:57
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us.
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Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of t...
Psalms 106:8
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he ...
Jeremiah 14:21
Do not spurn us, for your name's sake; do not d...
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it sh...
Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it sh...
Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake o...
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Deuteronomy 7:7 - 8
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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1 Samuel 12:19
And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.
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1 Kings 8:36
Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
2 Chronicles 6:27
Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
Psalms 27:11
Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
Proverbs 4:11
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says the Lord : "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.
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1 Samuel 12:14
If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
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Deuteronomy 10:21
He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.
Psalms 126:2 - 3
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them.
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Joshua 24:20
If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.
Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.
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Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.
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