1 Samuel 28:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

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  • Num 12:6 : 6 And he said, 'Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.'
  • Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask for him the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him, the entire congregation.
  • 1 Sam 14:37 : 37 Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him that day.
  • Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
  • Exod 28:30 : 30 And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
  • Deut 33:8 : 8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah;
  • Gen 28:12-15 : 12 And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants; 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done what I have spoken to you of.
  • Gen 46:2-4 : 2 And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am. 3 And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. 4 I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes.
  • Exod 28:20 : 20 and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.
  • 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep; and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 14 And he did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
  • Job 33:14-16 : 14 For God speaks once, yes, twice, yet man does not perceive it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We do not see our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any who knows how long.
  • Prov 1:1-9 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel; 6 To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; 9 For they shall be a graceful ornament on your head and chains about your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners. 20 Wisdom cries out outside; she raises her voice in the streets; 21 She cries out in the chief places of concourse, at the openings of the gates; she speaks her words in the city, saying, 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you. 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention; 25 But you have disregarded all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke; 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes; 27 When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke. 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them. 33 But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.
  • Prov 27:1-28:28 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who can stand before envy? 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 The full soul loathes honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel. 10 Do not forsake your own friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me. 12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. 13 Take his garment when he is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a foreign woman. 14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as a curse to him. 15 A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself. 17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. 18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored. 19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man mirrors man. 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 As the refining pot tests silver, and the furnace tests gold, so a man is tested by his praise. 22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him. 23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds. 24 For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And you will have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your maidens. 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 For the transgression of a land, many are its princes; but by a person of understanding and knowledge, its state will be prolonged. 3 A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food. 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them. 5 Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things. 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. 7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father. 8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor. 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. 10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession. 11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out. 12 When righteous men rejoice, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, a man hides himself. 13 He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. 14 Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief. 15 As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people. 16 The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days. 17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him. 18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent. 21 To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress. 22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him. 23 He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. 24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer. 25 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the LORD shall be made prosperous. 26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered. 27 He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses. 28 When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the LORD.
  • Ezek 20:1-3 : 1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. 2 Then came the word of the LORD to me, saying, 3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Have you come to inquire of me? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
  • John 9:31 : 31 Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires.

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  • 1 Sam 14:36-38
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    36Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man among them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."

    37Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him that day.

    38Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people, and find out how this sin has happened today.

  • 1 Sam 28:7-16
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    7Then Saul said to his servants, Seek me a woman with a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman with a familiar spirit at Endor.

    8And Saul disguised himself, and put on different clothing, and he went with two men, and they came to the woman by night. And he said, Please, divine for me by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me the one whom I shall name to you.

    9And the woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cast out those with familiar spirits and the wizards from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

    10And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall be no punishment happen to you for this thing.

    11Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up for you? And he said, Bring up Samuel for me.

    12When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice, and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul.

    13And the king said to her, Do not be afraid. What do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see gods ascending out of the earth.

    14And he said to her, What form does he have? And she said, An old man comes up, and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground.

    15And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am in great distress; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.

    16Then Samuel said, Why do you ask me, seeing the LORD has departed from you and has become your enemy?

  • 1 Chr 10:13-14
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    13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep; and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

    14And he did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

  • 1 Sam 28:3-5
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    3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had expelled those with familiar spirits and the wizards from the land.

    4The Philistines assembled and camped in Shunem, and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.

    5When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

  • 1 Sam 15:26
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    26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you: for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 15:35
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    35And Samuel came no more to see Saul 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 3:7
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    7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.

  • 1 Sam 28:20-21
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    20Then Saul fell immediately full length on the ground, and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all day nor all night.

    21And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, Behold, your maidservant has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

  • 1 Sam 16:14-15
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    14But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

    15And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

  • 1 Sam 8:6
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    6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 10:14-16
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    14And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel.

    15And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you.

    16And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he told him not.

  • 1 Sam 13:14
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    14But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be captain over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.

  • 1 Sam 9:18
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    18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is.

  • 1 Sam 15:10-11
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    10Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

    11It grieves Me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried to the LORD all night.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
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    15Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

  • 1 Sam 8:18
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    18And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

  • 1 Sam 19:20-22
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    20And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

    21And when it was told to Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

    22Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And someone said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 13:11
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    11And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines gathered at Michmash,

  • 1 Sam 15:16
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    16Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD said to me this night. And he said to him, Speak on.

  • 1 Sam 16:8
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    8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.

  • 1 Sam 15:19
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    19Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

  • 1 Sam 9:27
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    27And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand still a while, that I may show you the word of God.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
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    46Then Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • 1 Sam 20:26
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    26Nevertheless Saul spoke not anything that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

  • 2 Sam 22:42
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    42They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 22:12-13
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    12And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

    13And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

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    1Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel: now therefore listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.