1 Samuel 15:30
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.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man. that he should repent.
31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:21Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: 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 just shall live by his faith.
John 5:44How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?
2 Timothy 3:5holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
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 →