1 Samuel 15:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Num 16:38 : 38 The censers, I say, of these sinners, that destroyed themselues: and let them make of them broade plates for a couering of the Altar: for they offered them before the Lorde, therefore they shalbe holy, and they shall be a signe vnto the children of Israel.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is not destruction to the wicked & strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1Afterward Samuel said vnto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee King ouer his people, ouer Israel: nowe therefore obey the voyce of the wordes of the Lord.

    2Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, howe they laide waite for the in ye way, as they came vp fro Egypt.

    3Nowe therefore goe, and sinite Amalek, and destroy ye all that perteyneth vnto them, & haue no compassion on them, but slay both man and woman, both infant and suckling, both oxe, and sheepe, both camell, and asse.

  • 1 Sam 15:19-21
    3 verses
    83%

    19Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?

    20And Saul saide vnto Samuel, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, & haue brought Agag the King of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.

    21But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:5-10
    6 verses
    82%

    5And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.

    6And Saul said vnto the Kenites, Goe, depart, and get you downe from among the Amalekites, least I destroy you with them: for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel, when they came vp from Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

    7So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,

    8And tooke Agag the King of the Amalekites aliue, and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

    9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheepe, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them: but euery thing that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed.

    10Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 28:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17Euen the Lord hath done to him, as hee spake by mine hande: for the Lord will rent the kingdome out of thine hande, and giue it thy neighbour Dauid.

    18Because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde, nor executedst his fierce wrath vpon the Amalekites, therefore hath the Lorde done this vnto thee this day.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    14But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

    15And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.

    16Againe Samuel saide to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath saide to me this night; he said vnto him, Say on.

    17Then Samuel saide, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? For the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    79%

    48He gathered also an hoste and smote Amalek, and deliuered Israel out of the handes of them that spoyled them.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    79%

    17Remeber what Amalek did vnto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt:

    18How he met thee by ye way, & smote ye hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast fainted & weary, & he feared not God.

    19Therefore, when the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it, then thou shalt put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen: forget not.

  • Num 14:43
    77%

    43For the Amalekites & the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sworde: for in as much as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.

  • Exod 17:8
    76%

    8Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

  • Exod 17:16
    75%

    16Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • Exod 17:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

    14And the Lorde sayde to Moses, Write this for a remembrance in the booke, and rehearse it to Ioshua: for I will vtterly put out the remembraunce of Amalek from vnder heauen.

  • Gen 14:7
    74%

    7And they returned and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamar.

  • Deut 13:15
    73%

    15Thou shalt euen slay the inhabitants of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and all that is therein, and the cattel thereof with the edge of the sworde.

  • 1 Sam 15:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Then saide Samuel, Bring yee hither to me Agag ye King of the Amalekites: and Agag came vnto him pleasantly, and Agag saide, Truly the bitternesse of death is passed.

    33And Samuel sayde, As thy sworde hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childelesse among other women; Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

  • Num 14:45
    73%

    45Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountaine, came downe & smote them, & consumed them vnto Hormah.

  • Deut 20:17
    73%

    17But shalt vtterly destroy them: to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, & the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,

  • Num 24:20
    73%

    20And when he looked on Amalek, he vttered his parable, and sayd, Amalek was the first of the nations: but his latter ende shal come to destruction.

  • Deut 2:15
    73%

    15For in deede the hand of the Lorde was against them, to destroy them from among the hoste, till they were consumed.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    73%

    43And they smote the rest of Amalek that had escaped, & they dwelt there vnto this day.

  • Deut 31:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4And the Lord shall doe vnto them, as he did to Sihon and to Og Kings of the Amorites: and vnto their lande whome he destroyed.

    5And the Lord shal giue them before you that ye may do vnto them according vnto euery commandement, which I haue comanded you.

  • 1 Sam 16:2
    72%

    2And Samuel sayde, Howe can I goe? For if Saul shall heare it, he will kill me. Then the Lorde answered, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to doe sacrifice to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 1:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13Afterward Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Whence art thou? And hee answered, I am the sonne of a stranger an Amalekite.

    14And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afrayd, to put forth thine hand to destroy the Anoynted of the Lord?

    15Then Dauid called one of his yong men, and said, Goe neere, and fall vpon him; hee smote him that he dyed.

  • Deut 6:19
    72%

    19To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the Lord hath sayd.

  • 2 Kgs 18:25
    72%

    25Am I now come vp without the Lorde to this place, to destroy it? the Lord sayd to me, Goe vp against this land, and destroy it.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    72%

    16Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

  • Jer 15:1
    71%

    1Then sayde the Lord vnto me, Though Moses and Samuel stoode before mee, yet mine affection coulde not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them depart.

  • 2 Sam 1:8
    71%

    8And he said vnto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

  • Deut 20:13
    71%

    13And the Lord thy God shall deliuer it into thine handes, and thou shalt smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sworde.