1 Samuel 26:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD will kill Saul, or Saul will die a natural death or be killed in battle.

Cross References

Genesis 47:29

When Jacob knew he did not have long to live, he called in Joseph and said, “If you really love me, you must make a solemn promise not to bury me in Egypt.

Job 14:14

Will we humans live again? I would gladly suffer and wait for my time.

Job 14:5

Our time on earth is brief; the number of our days is already decided by you.

Job 7:1

Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

Psalm 37:10

Sinners will soon disappear, never to be found,

Psalm 37:13

but the Lord laughs and knows their time is coming soon.

Psalm 94:23

You will pay back my enemies, and you will wipe them out for the evil they did.

Ecclesiastes 3:2

There is a time for birth and death, planting and reaping,

Luke 18:7

Won't God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won't he be concerned for them?

Romans 12:19

Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”

Deuteronomy 31:14

The LORD told Moses, “You will soon die, so bring Joshua to the sacred tent, and I will appoint him the leader of Israel.” Moses and Joshua went to the sacred tent,

Deuteronomy 32:35

Soon our enemies will get what they deserve— suddenly they will slip, and total disaster will quickly follow.

Hebrews 10:30

We know that God has said he will punish and take revenge. We also know that the Scriptures say the Lord will judge his people.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.

Revelation 18:8

And so, in a single day she will suffer the pain of sorrow, hunger, and death. Fire will destroy her dead body, because her judge is the powerful Lord God.”

1 Samuel 24:12

I'll let the LORD decide which one of us has done right. I pray that the LORD will punish you for what you're doing to me, but I won't do anything to you.

1 Samuel 24:15

I pray that the LORD will help me escape and show that I am in the right.

1 Samuel 25:26

but please take this gift of food that I've brought and share it with your followers. The LORD has kept you from taking revenge and from killing innocent people. But I hope your enemies and anyone else who wants to harm you will end up like Nabal. I swear this by the living LORD and by your life.

1 Samuel 25:38

Ten days later, the LORD took his life.

1 Samuel 25:39

David heard that Nabal had died. “I praise the LORD!” David said. “He has judged Nabal guilty for insulting me. The LORD kept me from doing anything wrong, and he made sure that Nabal hurt only himself with his own evil.” Abigail was still at Carmel. So David sent messengers to ask her if she would marry him.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul told the soldier who carried his weapons, “Kill me with your sword! I don't want those worthless Philistines to torture me and make fun of me.” But the soldier was afraid to kill him. Saul then took out his own sword; he stuck the blade into his stomach, and fell on it.

1 Samuel 31:6

Saul was dead, his three sons were dead, and the soldier who carried his weapons was dead. They and all his soldiers died on that same day.