1 Samuel 8:6

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But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD.

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  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 I 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.
  • 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call out to the LORD, and He will send thunder and rain. Then you will realize and see how great is the evil you have done in the eyes of the LORD by asking for a king.
  • Ezra 9:3-5 : 3 When I heard this, I tore my garment and my robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down appalled. 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered around me as I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice. 5 At the time of the evening sacrifice, I arose from my self-abasement, with my garment and robe torn, and I knelt with my hands spread out to the Lord my God.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with rage and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus. 12 During those days, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and He spent the entire night praying to God.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you that you led them into such a great sin?"
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin, please do so. But if not, then blot me out of the book You have written."
  • Num 16:15 : 15 Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, "Do not accept their offering. I have not taken even a single donkey from them, nor have I wronged any one of them."
  • Num 16:22 : 22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, "O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 8:18-22
    5 verses
    87%

    18On that day, you will cry out because of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.

    19The people refused to listen to Samuel and said, 'No! We want a king to rule over us.'

    20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us, govern us, and fight our battles.

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

    22The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to them and appoint a king for them.' Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, 'Each of you, return to your own town.'

  • 1 Sam 8:7-11
    5 verses
    87%

    7The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

    8Just as they have done to me from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day—forsaking me and serving other gods—so they are also doing to you.

    9Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

    10Samuel relayed all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

    11He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

  • 1 Sam 8:4-5
    2 verses
    87%

    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    5They said to him, 'You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us, like all the other nations.'

  • 1 Sam 12:17-19
    3 verses
    81%

    17Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call out to the LORD, and He will send thunder and rain. Then you will realize and see how great is the evil you have done in the eyes of the LORD by asking for a king.

    18So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

    19The people all said to Samuel, 'Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we will not die, for we have added this evil to all our sins by asking for a king.'

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    77%

    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 12:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.

    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    76%

    19'But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and distresses. You have said to Him, "Set a king over us." Now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.'

  • 1 Sam 15:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Acts 13:21
    75%

    21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    74%

    5Then Samuel said, 'Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.'

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    74%

    12Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • 1 Sam 16:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed stands here before him."

    7But the LORD told Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

    8Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass before Samuel. But Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."

  • 1 Sam 15:26
    74%

    26But Samuel replied to Saul, 'I will not go back with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.'

  • 1 Sam 16:1
    74%

    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."

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    74%

    8The Israelites said to Samuel, 'Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, so that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.'

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    73%

    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.

  • Hos 13:10
    73%

    10Where now is your king to save you in all your cities? And where are your rulers, about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?

  • 1 Sam 28:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    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?

    17The LORD has done as he spoke through me. He has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

  • Deut 17:14
    73%

    14When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,'

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    72%

    1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    72%

    17Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.

  • Jer 15:1
    72%

    1Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.'

  • Hos 10:3
    72%

    3Now they will say, 'We have no king, for we did not fear the LORD. And as for the king, what could he do for us?

  • 1 Sam 9:17
    72%

    17When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Here is the man I told you about; he will govern my people."

  • 1 Sam 10:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Samuel said to the people, 'Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.' Then the people shouted, 'Long live the king!'

    25Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them in a scroll and laid it before the LORD. Then he sent all the people away, each to their home.

  • 1 Sam 15:24
    71%

    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 15:28
    71%

    28And Samuel said to him, 'The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors, someone better than you.'

  • 1 Sam 15:35
    71%

    35Samuel never saw Saul again until the day of his death. Nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

    14But now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him leader over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

  • 1 Sam 15:16
    70%

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