1 Samuel 12:24
Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
25But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your king.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, who hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 29:2And Moses called to all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his bondmen, and to all his land:
2 Kings 17:39but ye shall fear Jehovah your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Job 28:28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the 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 ashamed.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools 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 →