1 Samuel 15:30
Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.”
World English Bible
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In Context
29Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
31So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped the LORD.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. 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 will live by his faith.
John 5:44How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
2 Timothy 3:5holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
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 →