1 Samuel 15:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ “For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of יהוה, He also does reject you as sovereign.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee from being king.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim (household good luck images). Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Common English Bible

²³ because rebellion is as bad as the sin of divination; arrogance is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected what the LORD said, he has rejected you as king.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king."

1 Samuel 15:23 Cross References

Genesis 31:19

And when Laḇ

Genesis 31:34

Now Raḥ

2 Samuel 12:9

‘Why have you despised the Word of יהוה  to do evil in His eyes? You have killed Uriyah the Ḥ

2 Samuel 7:15

“But My kindness does not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Sha’ul, whom I removed from before you.

1 Chronicles 10:13

Thus Sha’ul died for his trespass which he had trespassed against יהוה, because he did not guard the Word of יהוה, and also for asking a medium for to make inquiry,

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Shelomoh, know the Elohim of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a pleasing life, for יהוה  searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you do seek Him, He is found by you; but if you forsake Him, He rejects you forever.

Job 34:37

For he adds rebellion to his sin – he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against Ě

Psalm 107:11

Because they rebelled against the words of Ě

Exodus 22:18

“Do not allow a practiser of witchcraft to live.

Isaiah 19:3

“And the spirit of Mitsrayim shall vanish within them, and I destroy their counsel. And they shall seek the idols and the mutterers, the mediums and the sorcerers.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their Elohim? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?

Jeremiah 16:12

‘And you have done more evil than your fathers, for look, each one walks according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

Jeremiah 28:16

“Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am sending you away from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, for you have spoken apostasy against יהוה.’ ”

Jeremiah 29:32

therefore thus said יהוה, “See, I am bringing punishment upon Shemayah the Neḥ

Hosea 13:11

“I gave you a sovereign in My displeasure, but I took him away in My wrath.

Hosea 3:4

For many days the children of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 20:27

‘And a man or a woman in whom there is a medium, or who are spiritists, shall certainly be put to death, they are to stone them with stones. Their blood is upon them.’ ”

Leviticus 20:6

‘And the being who turns to mediums, and to spiritists, to go whoring after them, I shall set My face against that being and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Numbers 14:9

“Only, do not rebel against יהוה, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread. Their defence has turned away from them, and יהוה  is with us. Do not fear them.”

Acts 13:22

“And having removed him, He raised up for them Dawiḏ

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what union has the Dwelling Place of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place of the living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

Deuteronomy 9:24

“You have been rebellious against יהוה  from the day that I knew you.

Deuteronomy 9:7

“Remember, do not forget how you provoked to wrath יהוה  your Elohim in the wilderness. From the day that you came out of the land of Mitsrayim until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against יהוה.

Joshua 22:15

And they came to the children of Re’uḇ

Revelation 21:8

“But as for the cowardly, and untrustworthy, and abominable, and murderers, and those who whore, and drug sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

“But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.

1 Samuel 13:14

“But now, your reign is not going to stand. יהוה  shall seek for Himself a man after His own heart, and יהוה  shall command him to be leader over His people, because you have not guarded what יהוה  commanded you.”

1 Samuel 16:1

And יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 28:3

And Shemu’ĕ