Discovery Box| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:15 |
| Saul said, “They were brought 1 from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:17 |
| Samuel said, “Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose 1 you as king over Israel. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:21 |
| But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:22 |
| Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? 1 Certainly, 2 obedience 3 is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than 4 the fat of rams. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:23 |
| For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as 1 king.” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:24 |
| Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded 1 and what you said as well. 2 For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. 3 |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:28 |
| Samuel 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! |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:30 |
| Saul 1 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.” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:33 |
| Samuel said, “Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the Lord. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 15:35 |
| Until the day he 1 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. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 16:4 |
| Samuel did what the Lord told him. 1 When he arrived in Bethlehem, 2 the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They 3 said, “Do you come in peace?” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 16:5 |
| He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 16:13 |
| So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 16:18 |
| One of his attendants replied, 1 “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem 2 who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior 3 and is articulate 4 and handsome, 5 for the Lord is with him.” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 20:8 |
| You must be loyal 1 to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. 2 If I am guilty, 3 you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?” |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 20:15 |
| Don’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 |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 20:22 |
| But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ 1 get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 21:7 |
| (One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.) |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 24:8 |
| Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, “My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground. |
| (0.31) | 1Sa 24:19 |
| Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me. |
