1 Samuel 12:19

19 Then all the people said to Samuel, "1Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins 2this evil by asking for ourselves a king."

1 Samuel 12:19 In-Context

17 "Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD , that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king."
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.
19 Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king."
20 Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD , but serve the LORD with all your heart.
21 "You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Exodus 9:28; 1 Samuel 12:23; Jeremiah 15:1; 1 John 5:16
  • 2. 1 Samuel 12:17, 20
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