1 Samuel 12:5

And he said to them, LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

In Context

4And they said, Thou have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have thou taken anything of any man's hand.

6And Samuel said to the people, It is LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:4If the theft is found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Job 16:19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who vouches for me is on high.

Job 42:7And it was so, that, after LORD had spoken these words to Job, LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. For ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Jo

John 18:38Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find not one cause in him.

Acts 24:16And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always nonstumbling before God and men.

1 Corinthians 4:4for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is Lord.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:2-6

Samuel's Discourse to Israel. ( b. c. 1069.) 1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord , and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom… Read the whole commentary →

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