1 Samuel 3:18
So 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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- Job 2:10 : 10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
- Isa 39:8 : 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought,“For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
- Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
- Ps 39:9 : 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.
- Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
- Judg 10:15 : 15 But the Israelites said to the LORD,“We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”
- 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 But the king said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the LORD has said to him,‘Curse David!’, who can say to him,‘Why have you done this?’” 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him. 12 Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”
- Lam 3:39 : 39 Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
- 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
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- 1 Sam 3:15-173 verses87%
15So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the LORD’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
16However, Eli called Samuel and said,“Samuel, my son!” He replied,“Here I am.”
17Eli said,“What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”
- 1 Sam 3:19-213 verses79%
19Samuel continued to grow, and the LORD was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.
20All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
21Then the LORD again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the LORD had revealed himself to Samuel through a message from the LORD.
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16Then Samuel said to Saul,“Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” Saul said to him,“Tell me.”
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10Then the LORD’s message came to Samuel:
- 1 Sam 3:6-116 verses74%
6The LORD again called,“Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said,“I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.”
7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD; the LORD’s messages had not yet been revealed to him.
8Then the LORD called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
9So Eli said to Samuel,“Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say,“Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went back and lay down in his place.
10Then the LORD came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done,“Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied,“Speak, for your servant is listening!”
11The LORD said to Samuel,“Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.
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21So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD.
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26However, if he should say,‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”
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10So Samuel spoke all of the LORD’S words to the people who were asking him for a king.
- 1 Sam 15:13-142 verses73%
13When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him,“May the LORD bless you! I have fulfilled the LORD’s orders.”
14Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
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15Now the day before Saul arrived, the LORD had told Samuel:
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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!
- 1 Sam 9:17-193 verses72%
17When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said,“Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”
18As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said,“Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
19Samuel replied to Saul,“I am the seer! Go up in front of me to the high place! Today you will eat with me and in the morning I will send you away. I will tell you everything that you are thinking.
- 1 Sam 16:2-43 verses72%
2Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
3Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you.”
4Samuel did what the LORD told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said,“Do you come in peace?”
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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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40Then he said to all Israel,“You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The army replied to Saul,“Do whatever you think is best.”
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18Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!”
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4The LORD called to Samuel, and he replied,“Here I am!”
- 1 Sam 10:24-252 verses71%
24Then Samuel said to all the people,“Do you see the one whom the LORD has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out,“Long live the king!”
25Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.
- 1 Sam 14:36-372 verses71%
36Saul said,“Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout them until the break of day. We won’t leave any of them alive!” They replied,“Do whatever seems best to you.” But the priest said,“Let’s approach God here.”
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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2Jonathan said to him,“By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing large or small without making me aware of it. Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”
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27While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul,“Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. Samuel then said,“You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”
- 1 Sam 10:15-162 verses71%
15Saul’s uncle said,“Tell me what Samuel said to you.”
16Saul said to his uncle,“He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.
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17Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
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1Saul Is Rejected as King Then Samuel said to Saul,“I was the one the LORD sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD says.
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13But if my father intends to do you harm, may the LORD do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the LORD be with you, as he was with my father.
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27But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.
- 1 Sam 28:14-152 verses71%
14He said to her,“What about his appearance?” She said,“An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.
15Samuel said to Saul,“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied,“I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me anymore– not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”
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1Samuel said to all Israel,“I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.
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23Samuel said to the cook,“Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you– the one I asked you to keep with you.”
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18Act now! For the LORD has said to David,‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”
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5He said to them,“The LORD is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” They said,“He is witness!”
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20Then Samuel said to the people,“Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don’t turn aside from the LORD. Serve the LORD with all your heart.