1 Samuel 12:5

And he said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and his Christ is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is the witness.”

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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, “You have not falsely accused us, nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

6And Samuel said to the people: “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who led our fathers away from the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:4If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double.

Job 16:19O earth, do not conceal my blood, nor let my outcry find a hiding place in you.

Job 42:7But after the Lord had finished speaking these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath has been kindled against you, and against your two friends, because you have not been speaking correctly in my eyes, as my servant Job has done.

John 18:38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and he said to them, “I find no case against him.

Acts 24:16And in this, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is lacking in any offense toward God and toward men.

1 Corinthians 4:4For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me.

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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