1 Samuel 12:24

24 But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

1 Samuel 12:24 in Other Translations

24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

24 Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.

24 But be sure to fear the LORD and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you.

24 But I beg of you, fear God and worship him honestly and heartily. You've seen how greatly he has worked among you!

24 Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart, considering the great things He has done for you.

1 Samuel 12:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 12:24

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your
heart
Fear him not with a servile fear, which is before dehorted from, but with a filial fear, a reverential affection for God; and includes the whole of religious worship, internal and external; explained further by serving him according to the truth of his word, and in a cordial, sincere, and affectionate manner; and if this was wanting in them, he suggests that his prayers and instructions would be of little avail, and not to be depended on:

for consider how great things he hath done for you;
in bringing them out of Egypt: settling them in the land of Canaan; giving them his laws, statutes, commands, and ordinances; sending prophets unto them, and raising up judges for them, and bestowing all good things on them, in nature, providence, and grace; though some restrain this to the great thing he had done that day, to convince them of their sin, and by which they were returned to the Lord, namely, the violent storm of thunder; which wonderful instance of the power of God, and token of his displeasure against them, they were to lay up in their minds, and not forget, that it might be a means of preserving them from sin for the future.

1 Samuel 12:24 In-Context

22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.

23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

24 But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

25 Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 6:2; Ecclesiastes 12:13
• 2. Deuteronomy 6:5; S Joshua 24:14
• 3. Job 34:27; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 22:11; Isaiah 26:10
• 4. S Deuteronomy 10:21