1 Samuel 12:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They told Samuel, “Please, pray to the LORD your God for us! We don't want to die. We have sinned many times in the past, and we were very wrong to ask for a king.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:7

Her husband is a prophet. Let her go back to him, and his prayers will save you from death. But if you don't return her, you and all your people will die.

Job 37:13

to release their cargo— sometimes as punishment for sin, sometimes as kindness.

Job 42:8

So I want you to go over to Job and offer seven bulls and seven goats on an altar as a sacrifice to please me. After this, Job will pray, and I will agree not to punish you for your foolishness.

Exodus 10:17

Forgive me one more time and ask the LORD to stop these insects from killing every living plant.”

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses told the people, “This is a terrible thing you have done. But I will go back to the LORD to see if I can do something to keep this sin from being held against you.”

Exodus 9:28

We can't stand any more of this thunder and hail. Please ask the LORD to make it stop. Your people can go—you don't have to stay in Egypt any longer.”

Isaiah 26:16

When you punished our people, they turned and prayed to you, our LORD.

Jeremiah 15:1

The LORD said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away.

Jeremiah 27:18

If I really had spoken to those prophets, they would know what I am going to do. Then they would be begging me not to let everything else be taken from the temple and the king's palace and the rest of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 37:3

Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army was headed in this direction. One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the LORD our God for us.”

Jeremiah 42:2

and said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

Malachi 1:9

I am the LORD God All-Powerful, and you had better try to please me. You have sinned. Now see if I will have mercy on any of you.

Numbers 21:7

Some of the people went to Moses and admitted, “It was wrong of us to insult you and the LORD. Now please ask him to make these snakes go away.” Moses prayed,

Acts 8:24

Simon said, “Please pray to the Lord, so that what you said won't happen to me.”

James 5:15

If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.

1 John 5:16

Suppose you see one of our people commit a sin that isn't a deadly sin. You can pray, and that person will be given eternal life. But the sin must not be one that is deadly.

1 Samuel 12:13

You asked for a king, and you chose one. Now he stands here where all of you can see him. But it was really the LORD who made him your king.

1 Samuel 12:17

Isn't this the dry season? I'm going to ask the LORD to send a thunderstorm. When you see it, you will realize how wrong you were to ask for a king.

1 Samuel 12:20

Samuel answered: Even though what you did was wrong, you don't need to be afraid. But you must always follow the LORD and worship him with all your heart.

1 Samuel 12:23

I would be disobeying the LORD if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel said, “Tell everyone in Israel to meet together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”

1 Samuel 7:8

“Don't stop praying!” they told Samuel. “Ask the LORD our God to rescue us.”

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.