1 Samuel 12:22-24

Samuel's Farewell Address

22 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. 23 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. 24 g Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider h what great things he has done for you.

  1. Cross References
    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.
  2. Cross References
    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...
  3. Cross References
    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.
  4. Cross References
    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.
  5. Cross References
    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.
  6. Cross References
    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.
  7. Cross References
    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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