1 Samuel 15:30

Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

In Context

29But the triumpher in Israel will riot spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a mail that he should repent.

31So Samuel turned again after Saul: and Saul adored the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:21And Saul said: I have sinned, return, my son David, for I will no more do thee harm, because my life hath been precious in thy eyes this day: for it appeareth that I have done foolishly, and have been ignorant in very many things.

Habakkuk 2:4Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.

John 5:44How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

2 Timothy 3:5Having an appearance indeed of godliness, but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:25-32

Saul's Dethronement Foretold. ( b. c. 1065.) 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord , and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord . 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord , and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away,… Read the whole commentary →

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