1 Samuel 15:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:27 : 27 And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.
  • 1 Sam 12:7 : 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 Kgs 22:16 : 16 Then 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:10-15
    6 verses
    81%

    10Then the Lord said to Samuel,

    11It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.

    12And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

    13And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

    14And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

    15And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    80%

    1And 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.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    79%

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

  • 1 Sam 9:27
    79%

    27And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.

  • 1 Sam 10:15
    77%

    15Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?

  • 1 Sam 16:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

    2And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

    3And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.

  • 1 Sam 28:14-16
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    77%

    14And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, It is an old man coming up covered with a robe. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and with his face bent down to the earth he gave him honour.

    15And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

    16And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?

  • 1 Sam 9:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

    18Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

    19Then Samuel said to Saul, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place and take food with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, after opening to you all the secrets of your heart.

  • 1 Sam 13:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

    14But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

    15Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 14:36-38
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    75%

    36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

    37And Saul, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go down after the Philistines? will you give them up into the hands of Israel? But he gave him no answer that day.

    38And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

  • 1 Sam 3:15-18
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    75%

    15And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.

    16Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.

    17And 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.

    18Then 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.

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    75%

    17And 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 15:26
    75%

    26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 15:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?

    20And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

  • 1 Sam 15:24
    74%

    24And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.

  • 1 Sam 3:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9So Eli said to Samuel, Go back: and if the voice comes again, let your answer be, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open. So Samuel went back to his bed.

    10Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

  • 1 Sam 9:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23And Samuel said to the cook, Give me that part which I gave you orders to keep by you.

    24And the cook took up the leg with the fat tail on it, and put it before Saul. And Samuel said, This is the part which has been kept for you: take it as your part of the feast; because it has been kept for you till the right time came and till the guests were present. So that day Saul took food with Samuel.

    25And when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.

  • 1 Sam 13:10-11
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    10And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.

    11And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

  • 1 Sam 8:10
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    10And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

  • 1 Sam 15:34-35
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    34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

    35And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 15:31
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    31So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 22:12
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    12And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17And 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.

  • 1 Sam 28:11
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    11Then the woman said, Who am I to let you see? And he said, Make Samuel come up for me.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
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    14Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.