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1 Samuel 12 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:1 - And Samuel said to all Israel, behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed; whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught from any man's hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6 - And Samuel said to the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers from Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - And the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt safe.

The King Confirmed

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:13 - Now therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call to the LORD, and he will send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - And turn ye not aside: for then would ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - Moreover as for me, Far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye will be consumed, both ye and your king.
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