1 Samuel 12:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

Is it not the harvest of the wheat today? I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. And you will know and see that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, by petitioning for a king over you."

Cross References

Exodus 32:30

Then, when the next day arrived, Moses spoke to the people: "You have sinned the greatest sin. I will ascend to the Lord. Perhaps, in some way, I might be able to entreat him for your wickedness."

Proverbs 26:1

In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.

Jeremiah 15:1

And the Lord said to me: "Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!

Joshua 10:12

Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, on the day that he handed over the Amorite in the sight of the sons of Israel, and he said before them: "O sun, you shall not move toward Gibeon! O moon, you shall not move toward the valley of Aijalon!"

1 Samuel 12:13

Now therefore, your king is present, whom you chose and requested. Behold, the Lord has given you a king.

1 Samuel 12:19

And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: "Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king."

1 Samuel 2:10

The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ."

1 Samuel 7:5

And Samuel said, "Gather all of Israel at Mizpah, so that I may pray for you to the Lord."

1 Samuel 8:6

And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, for they had said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:7

Then the Lord said to Samuel: "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.