1 Samuel 15:14

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But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

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  • Ps 36:2 : 2 An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But to the wicked God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief, you join him, and you associate with adulterers. 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes.
  • Jer 2:18-19 : 18 Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the river? 19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
  • Jer 2:22-23 : 22 Though you wash yourself with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me,” declares the Lord GOD. 23 How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Consider your path in the valley; acknowledge what you have done—like a swift young she-camel running here and there.
  • Jer 2:34-37 : 34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things. 35 Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But I will bring you to judgment because you say, 'I have not sinned.' 36 Why do you go about changing your direction so much? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. 37 You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper through them.
  • Mal 3:13-15 : 13 Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you? 14 You have said, 'Serving God is futile. What profit is there in keeping his requirements or walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore, do not judge anything before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will disclose the motives of hearts. At that time, each person will receive praise from God.

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  • 1 Sam 15:15-16
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    83%

    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

    16Then Samuel said to Saul, 'Stop! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.' Saul replied, 'Speak.'

  • 1 Sam 15:9-13
    5 verses
    81%

    9Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, cattle, fatlings, and lambs, and all that was good. They refused to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, they completely destroyed.

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

    11I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.

    12Early in the morning, Samuel got up to meet Saul, but he was told, 'Saul went to Carmel and has set up a monument in his own honor. Then he turned and went down to Gilgal.'

    13When Samuel reached him, Saul said, 'Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the LORD's instruction.'

  • 1 Sam 16:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."

    2Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

    3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate to you.

    4So Samuel did as the LORD commanded. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled at his coming and asked, "Do you come in peace?"

  • 1 Sam 15:18-22
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    77%

    18And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'

    19Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?

    20But Saul said to Samuel, 'I did obey the LORD. I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I brought back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed the Amalekites.'

    21But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

    22Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'

  • 1 Sam 15:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the LORD.

    2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I will punish Amalek for what they did to Israel, how they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.'

  • 1 Sam 11:5
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    5Just then, Saul was coming in from the field, following the oxen. He asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they all crying?" They told him what the men of Jabesh had said.

  • 1 Sam 28:14-16
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    76%

    14Saul asked her, "What does he look like?" She replied, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe." Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground in reverence.

    15Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed. The Philistines are waging war against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, not by prophets or by dreams. Therefore, I have called upon you to tell me what I should do."

    16Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

  • 1 Sam 7:9
    76%

    9Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

  • 1 Sam 10:14-15
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    14Saul's uncle asked him and his servant, 'Where did you go?' Saul replied, 'To look for the donkeys, but when we saw that they were not found, we went to Samuel.'

    15Then Saul's uncle said, 'Please tell me what Samuel said to you.'

  • 1 Sam 8:21
    75%

    21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
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    34Then he said, 'Go among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your ox and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood in it.’' That night, everyone brought their oxen and slaughtered them there.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    75%

    15Now the LORD had revealed to Samuel the day before Saul came,

  • 1 Sam 13:10-11
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    75%

    10Just as he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Samuel came. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

    11Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,

  • 1 Sam 3:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9So Eli said to Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

    10The Lord came, stood there, and called as he had before: "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

    11The Lord said to Samuel, "Look, I am going to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to tremble.

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    74%

    11Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the young men you have?" Jesse replied, "There remains the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives here."

  • 1 Sam 28:12
    74%

    12When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!"

  • 1 Sam 3:16
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    16But Eli called to Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    73%

    19Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."

  • 1 Sam 15:24
    73%

    24Then Saul said to Samuel, 'I have sinned. I disregarded the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.'

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    73%

    7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout Israel by messengers, saying, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." The fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
    73%

    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 22:12
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    12Saul said, 'Listen now, son of Ahitub!' And he replied, 'Here I am, my lord.'

  • 1 Sam 26:17
    73%

    17Saul recognized David’s voice and said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" David replied, "It is my voice, my lord the king."

  • 1 Sam 9:18
    72%

    18Saul approached Samuel at the city gate and asked, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    72%

    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • 1 Sam 15:31
    72%

    31So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 9:27
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    27As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us"—and the servant went on—"but you stay here for a moment, and I will give you a message from God."

  • 1 Sam 3:18
    72%

    18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide anything from him. Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what he thinks is best."

  • 1 Sam 25:7
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    7I have heard that you are shearing your sheep. While your shepherds were with us, we did not harm them, nor was anything of theirs missing during their time in Carmel.

  • 1 Sam 9:3
    72%

    3Now the donkeys belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost. Kish said to Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys."

  • 1 Sam 9:5
    72%

    5When they reached the region of Zuph, Saul said to the servant with him, "Come, let’s go back, or else my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us."