1 Samuel 12:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.

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  • Exod 22:4 : 4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.
  • Acts 23:9 : 9 And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
  • Acts 24:20 : 20 Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
  • 1 Sam 26:9 : 9 And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?
  • Job 31:35-40 : 35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing! 36 Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown; 37 I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended. 38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow; 39 If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners; 40 Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
  • Job 42:7 : 7 And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
  • John 18:38 : 38 Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.

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  • 1 Sam 12:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1 And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

    2 And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

    3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

    4 And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    73%

    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 24:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

    11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

  • 1 Sam 12:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

    7 Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

  • 1 Sam 26:23
    71%

    23 And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    70%

    15 After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

  • 1 Sam 16:6
    70%

    6 Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.

  • 1 Sam 3:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.

    18 Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    70%

    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 24:6
    70%

    6 And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt.

  • 2 Chr 6:15
    70%

    15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

  • 1 Sam 12:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

    17 Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
    69%

    17 And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

  • 2 Kgs 9:12
    69%

    12 And they said, That is not true; now give us his story. Then he said, This is what he said to me: The Lord says, I have made you king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 10:24
    69%

    24 And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!

  • 1 Sam 12:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.

    13 Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 26:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16 What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?

    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

    18 And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

  • 1 Kgs 18:10
    69%

    10 By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

  • 1 Sam 26:9
    69%

    9 And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    69%

    5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    69%

    6 Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

  • 1 Sam 22:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.

    13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    69%

    1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

  • Judg 11:10
    68%

    10 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    68%

    15 Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    68%

    17 And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

  • 1 Sam 26:11
    68%

    11 Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    68%

    7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

  • Acts 22:15
    68%

    15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

  • 1 Chr 12:17
    68%

    17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
    68%

    24 And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    68%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • Josh 24:27
    68%

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

  • 2 Chr 18:15
    68%

    15 And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

  • 1 Sam 24:18
    67%

    18 And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

  • Josh 24:22
    67%

    22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.

  • 1 Sam 22:15
    67%

    15 Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

  • Isa 55:4
    67%

    4 See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.