1 Samuel 15:20

Easy To Read Version

Saul said, “But I did obey the Lord! I went where the Lord sent me. I destroyed all the Amalekites! I brought back only one person—their king Agag.

Cross References

Job 33:9

You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par

Job 34:5

Job says,\par ‘I, Job, am innocent.\par And God is not fair to me.\par

Job 35:2

“Job, it is not fair for you to say,\par ‘I am more right than God.’\par

Job 40:8

“Job, do you think that I am not fair?\par You say that I am guilty of doing wrong\par so that you will appear innocent!\par

Matthew 19:20

The young man said, “I have obeyed all these things. What else do I need?”

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who are these other people I must love?”

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood alone, away from the tax collector. When the Pharisee prayed, he said, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not as bad as other people. I am not like men that steal, cheat, or do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [286]} I thank you that I am better than this tax collector.

Romans 10:3

They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

1 Samuel 15:13

Samuel went to Saul. Saul greeted him. Saul said, “Lord bless you! I obeyed the Lord’s commands.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Now, go fight against the Amalekites. You must completely destroy the Amalekites and everything that belongs to them. Don’t let anything live; you must kill all the men and women and all of their children and little babies. You must kill all of their cows and sheep and all of their camels and donkeys.’”

1 Samuel 15:8

Agag was the king of the Amalekites. Saul captured Agag alive. Saul let Agag live, but he killed all the men in Agag’s army.

1 Samuel 28:18

You did not obey the Lord. You did not destroy the Amalekites and show them how angry the Lord was at them. That is why the Lord is doing this to you today.