New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 12:20-25

20Samuel 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.

21You must not turn aside, for then you would go after 2futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.

22For 3the Lord will not abandon His people 4on account of His great name, because the Lord 5has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

23Moreover, as for me, 6far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but 7I will instruct you in the good and right way.

24 8Only 9fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider 10what great things He has done for you.

25 11But if you still do wickedly, 12both you and your king 13will be swept away.”

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Notes

1. 1 Samuel 12:20 Deut 11:16 ↩
2. 1 Samuel 12:21 Deut 11:16; Is 41:29; Hab 2:18 ↩
3. 1 Samuel 12:22 Deut 31:6; 1 Kin 6:13 ↩
4. 1 Samuel 12:22 Ex 32:12; Num 14:13; Josh 7:9; Ps 106:8; Jer 14:21 ↩
5. 1 Samuel 12:22 Deut 7:6-11; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
6. 1 Samuel 12:23 Rom 1:9; 1 Cor 9:16; Col 1:9; 1 Thess 3:10; 2 Tim 1:3 ↩
7. 1 Samuel 12:23 1 Kin 8:36; Ps 34:11; Prov 4:11 ↩
8. 1 Samuel 12:24 Eccl 12:13 ↩
9. 1 Samuel 12:24 Or reverence ↩
10. 1 Samuel 12:24 Deut 10:21; Is 5:12 ↩
11. 1 Samuel 12:25 Is 1:20; 3:11 ↩
12. 1 Samuel 12:25 Josh 24:20 ↩
13. 1 Samuel 12:25 1 Sam 31:1-5; Hos 10:3 ↩

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