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I Samuel Chapter 12

I Samuel
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I Samuel

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First Samuel 12 presents Samuel's farewell address to Israel at the coronation of the king, in which he publicly challenges anyone to witness against him for taking an ox or a bribe, and the people confirm his integrity. He recounts the Lord's righteous acts of deliverance throughout their history and rebukes them for asking for a king when the Lord was already their king, warning that they and their king will fare well only as long as they fear and serve the Lord. The chapter closes with Samuel promising to keep praying for them and to teach them the good and right way, but warning that persistent wickedness will consume both them and their king.

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(1) And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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I Samuel 8:5I Samuel 8:6I Samuel 8:7I Samuel 8:8I Samuel 8:19I Samuel 8:20I Samuel 8:21I Samuel 8:22I Samuel 10:1I Samuel 10:24I Samuel 11:14I Samuel 11:15

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I Samuel 3:10

(2) And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
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I Samuel 8:20Numbers 27:17I Samuel 8:1I Samuel 8:5Psalms 71:18Isaiah 46:3Isaiah 46:4II Timothy 4:6II Peter 1:14I Samuel 2:22I Samuel 2:29I Samuel 3:13

(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 of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
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I Samuel 12:5I Samuel 10:1I Samuel 24:6II Samuel 1:14II Samuel 1:15II Samuel 1:16Matthew 22:21Romans 13:1Romans 13:2Romans 13:3Romans 13:4Romans 13:5

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Philippians 3:19Genesis 32:17Genesis 38:25Exodus 36:2Deuteronomy 8:9II Kings 18:22

(4) And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
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Psalms 37:5Psalms 37:6Daniel 6:4III John 1:12

(5) And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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Job 31:35Job 31:36Job 31:37Job 31:38Job 31:39Job 31:40Job 42:7I Samuel 26:9John 18:38Acts 23:9Acts 24:16Acts 24:20

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I John 5:9Genesis 31:52Deuteronomy 19:18Joshua 24:27Job 16:8Proverbs 14:5

(6) And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 6:26Nehemiah 9:9Nehemiah 9:10Nehemiah 9:11Nehemiah 9:12Nehemiah 9:13Nehemiah 9:14Psalms 77:19Psalms 77:20Psalms 78:12Psalms 78:13Psalms 78:14

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I Samuel 3:10

(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.
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Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 5:3Isaiah 5:4Ezekiel 18:25Ezekiel 18:26Ezekiel 18:27Ezekiel 18:28Ezekiel 18:29Ezekiel 18:30Micah 6:2Micah 6:3Acts 17:3

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Judges 5:11Matthew 10:41

(8) When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
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Genesis 46:5Genesis 46:6Genesis 46:7Numbers 20:15Acts 7:15Exodus 2:23Exodus 2:24Exodus 3:9I Samuel 12:6Exodus 3:10Exodus 4:14Exodus 4:15

(9) And when they forgat 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.
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Deuteronomy 32:18Judges 3:7Psalms 106:21Jeremiah 2:32Deuteronomy 32:30Judges 2:14Judges 3:8Judges 4:2Isaiah 50:1Isaiah 50:2Judges 10:7Judges 13:1

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Judges 4:2I Kings 2:32Judges 11:18Genesis 21:32Judges 4:15Judges 4:16

(10) And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
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I Samuel 7:2Judges 3:9Judges 3:15Judges 4:3Judges 6:7Judges 10:10Judges 10:15Psalms 78:34Psalms 78:35Psalms 106:44Isaiah 26:16Judges 2:13

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Judges 10:10Joshua 24:15Judges 10:6Joshua 24:14Judges 10:13I Samuel 7:4

(11) And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
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Judges 6:14Judges 6:32Judges 8:29Judges 8:35Judges 13:1Judges 13:2Judges 13:3Judges 13:4Judges 13:5Judges 13:6Judges 13:7Judges 13:8

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Joshua 21:44Judges 2:14I Samuel 3:10

(12) And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
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I Samuel 11:1I Samuel 11:2I Samuel 8:3I Samuel 8:5I Samuel 8:6I Samuel 8:19I Samuel 8:20Judges 9:18Judges 9:56Judges 9:57I Samuel 8:7I Samuel 10:19

(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.
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I Samuel 10:24I Samuel 11:15I Samuel 8:5I Samuel 9:20Psalms 78:29Psalms 78:30Psalms 78:31Hosea 13:11Acts 13:21

(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:
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Leviticus 20:1Leviticus 20:2Leviticus 20:3Leviticus 20:4Leviticus 20:5Leviticus 20:6Leviticus 20:7Leviticus 20:8Leviticus 20:9Leviticus 20:10Leviticus 20:11Leviticus 20:12

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Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28II Chronicles 34:33I Samuel 12:15Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(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.
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Leviticus 26:14Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:19Leviticus 26:20Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:22Leviticus 26:23Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:25

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I Samuel 12:14Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(16) Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
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I Samuel 12:7I Samuel 15:16Exodus 14:13Exodus 14:31

(17) Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall 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.
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Proverbs 26:1I Samuel 7:9I Samuel 7:10Joshua 10:12Psalms 99:6Jeremiah 15:1James 5:16James 5:17James 5:18I Samuel 8:7

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Jeremiah 44:9Joel 2:23Amos 4:7Luke 10:2Deuteronomy 11:14Zechariah 10:1

(18) So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
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Exodus 9:23Exodus 9:24Exodus 9:25Revelation 11:5Revelation 11:6Exodus 14:31Ezra 10:9Psalms 106:12Psalms 106:13

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I Samuel 3:10I Samuel 3:15Joel 2:23I Samuel 3:6I Samuel 3:9I Samuel 3:16

(19) And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
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I Samuel 7:5I Samuel 7:8Genesis 20:7Exodus 9:28Exodus 10:17Job 42:8Psalms 78:34Psalms 78:35Isaiah 26:16Malachi 1:9Acts 8:24James 5:15

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John 8:24II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8I Samuel 3:10

(20) And Samuel said unto 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;
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Exodus 20:19Exodus 20:20I Peter 3:16Deuteronomy 11:16Deuteronomy 31:29Joshua 23:6Psalms 40:4Psalms 101:3Psalms 125:5Jeremiah 3:1

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Jeremiah 44:9II Samuel 2:21Deuteronomy 7:4Deuteronomy 11:16Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(21) And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
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Deuteronomy 32:21Jeremiah 2:5Jeremiah 2:13Jeremiah 10:8Jeremiah 10:15Jeremiah 14:22Jeremiah 16:19Jonah 2:8Habakkuk 2:18I Corinthians 8:4Psalms 115:4Psalms 115:5

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II Samuel 2:21Exodus 20:7Deuteronomy 5:11Psalms 39:6Psalms 127:1Isaiah 49:4

(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.
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Deuteronomy 31:17I Kings 6:13II Kings 21:14I Chronicles 28:9II Chronicles 15:2Psalms 94:14Isaiah 41:17Isaiah 42:16Jeremiah 33:24Jeremiah 33:25Jeremiah 33:26Lamentations 3:31

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Psalms 143:11

(23) Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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Acts 12:5Romans 1:9Colossians 1:9I Thessalonians 3:10II Timothy 1:3Psalms 34:11Proverbs 4:11Ecclesiastes 12:10Acts 20:20Colossians 1:28I Kings 8:36II Chronicles 6:27

(24) Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
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Job 28:28Psalms 111:10Proverbs 1:7Exodus 12:13Hebrews 12:29Psalms 119:80John 1:47Ezra 9:13Ezra 9:14Isaiah 5:12Romans 12:1Deuteronomy 10:21

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Joshua 24:14Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(25) But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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Deuteronomy 32:15Deuteronomy 32:16Deuteronomy 32:17Deuteronomy 32:18Deuteronomy 32:19Deuteronomy 32:20Deuteronomy 32:21Deuteronomy 32:22Deuteronomy 32:23Deuteronomy 32:24Deuteronomy 32:25Deuteronomy 32:26

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