1 Samuel 15:30

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. But please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

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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

29Also, the Strength of Israel will not lie nor change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.”

31So Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worshiped Yahweh.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, David, my son; for I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes today. See, I have played the fool and have made a very bad mistake.”

Habakkuk 2:4Look! The one whose desires are not right within him is puffed up. But the righteous will live by his faith. 1

John 5:44How can you believe, you who accept praise from one another but are not seeking the praise that comes from the only God?

2 Timothy 3:5They will have a shape of godliness, but they will deny its power. Turn away from these people.

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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