1 Samuel 12

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1And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.6 cross-references: 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 11:14–15, 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 8:5–8, 1 Samuel 8:19–22
2And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.20 cross-references: 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 8:1, 1 Samuel 8:20, 1 Samuel 8:3, Numbers 27:17
3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.61 cross-references: Acts 20:33, Numbers 16:15, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Peter 5:2, Deuteronomy 16:19
4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.3 cross-references: Daniel 6:4, Psalms 37:5–6, 3 John 1:12
5And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.19 cross-references: Exodus 22:4, Acts 23:9, Acts 24:20, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 4:4
6And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.16 cross-references: Micah 6:4, Exodus 6:26, Psalms 99:6, Psalms 77:19–20, Psalms 105:41
7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.17 cross-references: Isaiah 1:18, Judges 5:11, Ezekiel 18:25–30, Isaiah 5:3–4, Micah 6:1–5
8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.25 cross-references: Exodus 4:14–16, Exodus 2:23–24, 1 Samuel 12:6, Joshua 1:2–4, Joshua 3:10–13
9And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.22 cross-references: Judges 10:7, Judges 3:12, Judges 4:2, Judges 13:1, Deuteronomy 32:18
10And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.23 cross-references: Judges 10:10, Judges 2:13, Judges 10:15–16, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:7
11And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.19 cross-references: Judges 6:32, Judges 4:6, Judges 6:14, Judges 8:29, Judges 11:1–33
12And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.25 cross-references: Judges 8:23, 1 Samuel 8:5–7, 1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Samuel 11:1–2, 1 Samuel 8:3
13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.13 cross-references: 1 Samuel 10:24, Hosea 13:11, 1 Samuel 8:5, Psalms 78:29–31, 1 Samuel 11:15
14If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:14 cross-references: Joshua 24:14, Deuteronomy 28:1–14, Psalms 81:12–15, Joshua 24:20, Leviticus 20:1–13
15But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.11 cross-references: Joshua 24:20, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 3:11, Leviticus 26:14–30, Romans 2:8–9
16Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.6 cross-references: Exodus 14:13, Exodus 14:31, 1 Samuel 12:7, 1 Samuel 15:16
17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.23 cross-references: 1 Samuel 8:7, Proverbs 26:1, 1 Samuel 7:9–10, James 5:16–18, Joshua 10:12
18So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.18 cross-references: Exodus 14:31, Ezra 10:9, Psalms 106:12–13, Revelation 11:5–6, Exodus 9:23–25
19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.28 cross-references: Exodus 9:28, 1 John 5:16, Exodus 10:17, 1 Samuel 12:23, James 5:15
20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;19 cross-references: Deuteronomy 11:16, Psalms 40:4, Exodus 20:19–20, Joshua 23:6, Jeremiah 3:1
21And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.30 cross-references: Habakkuk 2:18, Jeremiah 16:19, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 14:22, Deuteronomy 11:16
22For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.64 cross-references: Philippians 1:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Psalms 106:8, Deuteronomy 7:7–8, 1 Kings 6:13
23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:46 cross-references: Colossians 1:9, Romans 1:9, 2 Timothy 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:10, 1 Kings 8:36
24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.30 cross-references: Deuteronomy 10:21, Isaiah 5:12, Proverbs 1:7, Hebrews 12:29, Psalms 126:2–3
25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.17 cross-references: Joshua 24:20, 1 Samuel 31:1–5, Deuteronomy 28:36, Hosea 10:3, Isaiah 3:11

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