1 Samuel 15:29
The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”
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- Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
- Ezek 24:14 : 14 “‘I the LORD have spoken; judgment is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! I will judge you according to your conduct and your deeds, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
- Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.
- Heb 6:18 : 18 so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
- Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.
- 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
- Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
- 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.
- 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 O LORD, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You, LORD, have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.
- Ps 29:11 : 11 The LORD gives his people strength; the LORD grants his people security.
- Ps 68:35 : 35 You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!
- Ps 95:11 : 11 So I made a vow in my anger,‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
- Isa 45:24 : 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
- Deut 33:27 : 27 The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“Destroy!”
- Num 14:28-29 : 28 Say to them,‘As I live, says the LORD, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing. 29 Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness– all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.
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19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
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30Saul again replied,“I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the LORD your God.”
- 1 Sam 15:23-264 verses73%
23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the LORD’s orders, he has rejected you from being king.”
24Then Saul said to Samuel,“I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the LORD commanded and your words as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I obeyed their voice.
25Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the LORD.”
26Samuel said to Saul,“I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the LORD’s orders, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel!”
- 1 Sam 15:10-112 verses73%
10Then the LORD’s message came to Samuel:
11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
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35Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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28Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
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6The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”
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3The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.
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13Then Samuel said to Saul,“You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the LORD your God gave you. Had you done that, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
14But now your kingdom will not continue! The LORD has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him and the LORD has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the LORD commanded you.”
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15But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
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5Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
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39For as surely as the LORD, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything.
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14For the LORD vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.
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7But a prophet visited him and said:“O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.
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17The LORD has done exactly as I prophesied! The LORD has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!
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18Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’
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14Then the LORD relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
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33But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.
34I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.
35Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.
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14Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli,‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”
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13The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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4and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
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17For I, the LORD, promise:“David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.
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7But the LORD said to Samuel,“Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
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39I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”
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30Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
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22The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.
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37So Saul asked God,“Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.
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12However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
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31כ(Kaf) For the Lord will not reject us forever.
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9I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man– the Holy One among you– I will not come in wrath!
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18So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”
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10The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the LORD their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!
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19The LORD will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”
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6Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice and took an oath,“As surely as the LORD lives, he will not be put to death.”
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15Don’t ever cut off your loyalty to my family, not even when the LORD has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth
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27The LORD had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory from under heaven, so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.
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6He said to his men,“May the LORD keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the LORD’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the LORD’s chosen one.”
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9Saul Becomes King As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. All these signs happened on that very day.
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10For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!
11The LORD made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said,“I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
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25Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’
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16Now, O LORD God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’
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5“For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.