1 Samuel 15:30

“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

Berean Standard Bible

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

29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

31So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

John 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

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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