1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart, for consider what great things he has done for you.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, who has done for thee these great and awesome things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 29:2And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Ye have seen all that LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
2 Kings 17:39but ye shall ye fear LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Job 28:28And to man he said, Behold, the fear of LORD, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 119:80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I be not put to shame.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:17-25
Samuel Calls for Thunder; Samuel Encourages and Comforts Israel. ( b. c. 1069.) 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord , and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord , in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the… Read the whole commentary →