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1 Samuel 12:5

He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”

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In The King James Version

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

In Context

4They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

6Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:4If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Job 16:19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

Job 42:7It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

John 18:38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.

Acts 24:16In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:2-6

Samuel's Discourse to Israel. ( b. c. 1069.) 1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord , and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom… Read the whole commentary →

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