1 Samuel 12:23 - Tree of Life Version

²³ Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Adonai by ceasing to pray for you! Yet I will keep instructing you in the good and straight way.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Common English Bible

²³ But me? I would never sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. I will teach you what is good and right.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ So then, far be it from me, this sin against the Lord, that I would cease to pray for you. And so, I will teach you the good and upright way.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you. And I will teach you the good and right way.

1 Samuel 12:23 Cross References

1 Kings 8:36

then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel. Teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on Your land which You gave to Your people as an inheritance.

2 Chronicles 6:27

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel. Indeed may You teach them the good way in which they should walk. Send rain upon Your land that You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem— “May those who love you be at peace!

Psalm 34:11

Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.

Psalm 34:12

Come, children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of Adonai.

Exodus 32:30

So it happened the following day, Moses said to the people, “You have committed a horrendous sin. So now I will go up to Adonai—perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Proverbs 4:11

I instructed you in the way of wisdom. I have guided you along straight paths.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

Kohelet searched to find delightful words and truthful, accurate sayings.

Isaiah 30:21

Your ears will hear a word behind you saying: “This is the way, walk in it. When you turn to the right, or when you turn to the left.”

Jeremiah 15:1

Then said Adonai to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Cast them out of My presence, and let them go out!”

Jeremiah 27:18

But if they are prophets, and if the word of Adonai is with them, let them now make intercession to Adonai-Tzva’ot, that the vessels that are left in the House of Adonai, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, would not go to Babylon.”

Jeremiah 42:4

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them: “I have heard you. Agreed: I will pray to Adonai your God according to your words, and it will be that every word Adonai will answer you, I will declare it to you—I will not keep a word from you.”

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer for him was being offered fervently to God by Messiah’s community.

Acts 20:20

I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly as well as from house to house,

Romans 1:9

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Good News of His Son. How unceasingly I make mention of you,

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I proclaim the Good News, I have no reason to boast—for pressure is put on me and woe to me if I don’t proclaim the Good News!

Colossians 1:28

We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Messiah.

Colossians 1:9

For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Night time and day time we keep praying more than ever to see you face to face, and mend any shortcomings in your faith.

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my forefathers did, when I continually remember you in my prayers night and day.

1 Samuel 12:19

and all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Adonai your God, that we would not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king.”

1 Samuel 8:6

But the matter was displeasing in Samuel’s eyes when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to Adonai.