New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Samuel 12:20-24
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.
21Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after 2useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.
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.
23Furthermore, as for me, 6far be it from me that I would sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but 7I will instruct you in the good and right way.
248Only 9fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider 10what great things He has done for you.
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 revere ↩
- 10. 1 Samuel 12:24 Deut 10:21; Is 5:12 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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