1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah thy God.
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In Context
29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped Jehovah.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:21Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
Habakkuk 2:4Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
John 5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not?
2 Timothy 3:5holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away.
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 →