1 Samuel 12 (NET)

1 Samuel 12:1¹Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:241 Sam 11:14-151 Sam 10:11 Sam 8:19-221 Sam 8:5-8

1 Samuel 12:2²Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:51 Sam 8:11 Sam 8:201 Sam 3:19-201 Sam 8:3Num 27:171 Sam 2:221 Sam 2:291 Sam 3:131 Sam 3:16

1 Samuel 12:3³Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:33Num 16:151 Pet 5:21 Sam 24:6Deut 16:191 Sam 10:11 Sam 12:51 Thess 2:10Exod 23:81 Thess 2:5

1 Samuel 12:4⁴They replied, “You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:3 John 1:12Dan 6:4Ps 37:5-6

1 Samuel 12:5⁵He 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!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 22:4Acts 23:9Acts 24:201 Cor 4:42 Cor 1:121 Sam 26:9Acts 24:16Job 31:35-40Job 42:7John 18:38

1 Samuel 12:6⁶Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:4Exod 6:26Ps 105:41Ps 77:19-20Ps 99:6Hos 12:13Isa 63:7-14Ps 105:26Ps 78:12-72Neh 9:9-14

1 Samuel 12:7⁷Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord ’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:18Acts 17:3Ezek 18:25-30Isa 5:3-4Mic 6:1-5Judg 5:11

1 Samuel 12:8⁸When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 4:14-16Exod 2:23-241 Sam 10:181 Sam 12:6Acts 7:15Exod 12:51Exod 14:30-31Exod 3:9-10Exod 4:27-31Exod 6:26

1 Samuel 12:9⁹“But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s army, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, and they fought against them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 10:7Judg 13:1Judg 3:12Judg 4:2Deut 32:18Deut 32:30Isa 50:1-2Isa 63:10Jer 2:32Judg 2:14

1 Samuel 12:10¹⁰Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies so that we may serve you.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 10:10Judg 2:13Judg 10:15-16Judg 3:7Judg 3:91 Sam 7:22 Cor 5:14-15Isa 26:16Isa 33:22Judg 3:15

1 Samuel 12:11¹¹So the Lord sent Jerub Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 6:32Judg 4:61 Sam 7:13Judg 11:1-33Judg 6:14Judg 8:29Judg 8:35Judg 13:1-16

1 Samuel 12:12¹²“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’—even though the Lord your God is your king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 8:231 Sam 8:5-71 Sam 10:191 Sam 11:1-2Gen 17:71 Sam 8:19-201 Sam 8:3Exod 19:5-6Hos 13:10Isa 33:22

1 Samuel 12:13¹³Now look! Here is the king you have chosen—the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:24Hos 13:111 Sam 8:51 Sam 11:151 Sam 9:20Acts 13:21Ps 78:29-31

1 Samuel 12:14¹⁴If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:14Deut 28:1-14Isa 3:10Josh 24:20Lev 20:1-13Ps 81:12-15Rom 2:7

1 Samuel 12:15¹⁵But if you don’t obey the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:20Isa 1:20Isa 3:111 Sam 12:9Deut 28:15-68Lev 26:14-30Rom 2:8-91 Sam 5:9

1 Samuel 12:16¹⁶“So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:13Exod 14:311 Sam 12:71 Sam 15:16

1 Samuel 12:17¹⁷Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:71 Sam 7:9-10Prov 26:1Jas 5:16-18Jer 15:1Josh 10:12Ps 99:6

1 Samuel 12:18¹⁸So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:31Exod 9:23-25Ezra 10:9Ps 106:12-13Rev 11:5-6

1 Samuel 12:19¹⁹All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us—your servants—so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 9:281 John 5:161 Sam 12:23Exod 10:171 Sam 7:51 Sam 7:8Acts 8:24Gen 20:7Isa 26:16Jas 5:15

1 Samuel 12:20²⁰Then 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 11:16Josh 23:6Ps 101:3Ps 125:51 Pet 3:16Deut 31:29Exod 20:19-20Jer 3:1Ps 40:4

1 Samuel 12:21²¹You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 2:18Jer 10:15Jer 16:19Deut 11:16Jer 14:221 Cor 8:4Isa 44:9-10Isa 45:20Isa 46:7Jer 2:13

1 Samuel 12:22²²The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 14:2Deut 7:7-8Phil 1:6Ps 106:81 Kgs 6:13Jer 14:21Rom 11:29Josh 7:9Ps 94:14Eph 1:12

1 Samuel 12:23²³As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:9Rom 1:92 Tim 1:31 Thess 3:101 Kgs 8:36Acts 12:5Ps 34:11Jer 6:162 Chr 6:27Col 1:28

1 Samuel 12:24²⁴However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 10:21Prov 1:7Heb 12:29Isa 5:12Ps 126:2-3Eccl 12:13Ps 111:10Exod 12:13Ps 119:80Job 28:28

1 Samuel 12:25²⁵But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:201 Sam 31:1-5Hos 10:3Deut 28:36Isa 3:11Deut 32:15-44