1 Samuel 12:20

20 Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet 1do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

1 Samuel 12:20 In-Context

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.
22 "For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 11:16
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