1 Samuel 12:25
But if ye will in any wise do wickedly, both ye yourselves as also your king shall perish.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:19And it shall come to pass, that, if thou shouldst forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and bow thyself down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish;
Deuteronomy 32:15Thus did Yeshurun grow fat, and he kicked; [thou art grown fat, thick, fleshy;] and then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Joshua 24:20If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then will he again do ye evil, and consume ye, after that he hath done you good.
Job 36:12But if they hearken not, they will pass away through the sword, and they will perish in want of knowledge.
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.
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 →