1 Samuel 12:19

God's Word

All the people pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us so that we will not die. We have added ⌞another⌟ evil thing to all our other sins by asking for a king.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:7

Give the man’s wife back to him now, because he’s a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don’t give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.”

Job 37:13

Whether for discipline, or for ⌞the good of⌟ his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear.

Job 42:8

So take seven young bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job, and make a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. Then I will accept his prayer not to treat you as godless fools. After all, you didn’t speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done.”

Exodus 10:17

Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a serious sin. Now I will go up the mountain to the Lord. Maybe I will be able to make a payment for your sin and make peace with the Lord for your sin.”

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord. We’ve had enough of God’s thunder and hail. I’ll let you go; you don’t have to stay here any longer.”

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, the people have come to you in trouble. They were humbled by oppression, by your discipline upon them.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go.

Jeremiah 27:18

If they are prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, they should beg the Lord of Armies not to allow the utensils that are left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem to be taken away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 37:3

King Zedekiah sent Jehucal (son of Shelemiah) and the priest Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah) to the prophet Jeremiah. They asked him, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Please listen to our request, and pray to the Lord your God for all of us who are left here. As you can see, there are only a few of us left.

Malachi 1:9

“Now try asking God to be kind to you. This is what you are doing! Will he welcome you?” asks the Lord of Armies.

Numbers 21:7

The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we criticized the Lord and you. Pray to the Lord so that he will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

Acts 8:24

Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you said will happen to me.”

James 5:15

(Prayers offered in faith will save those who are sick, and the Lord will cure them.) If you have sinned, you will be forgiven.

1 John 5:16

If you see another believer committing a sin that doesn’t lead to death, you should pray that God would give that person life. This is true for those who commit sins that don’t lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I’m not telling you to pray about that.

1 Samuel 12:13

“Now, here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the Lord has put a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:17

Isn’t the wheat being harvested today? I will call on the Lord, and he’ll send thunder and rain. Then you will realize what a wicked thing you did in the Lord’s presence when you asked for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:20

“Don’t be afraid,” Samuel told the people. “You did do all these evil things. But don’t turn away from the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord wholeheartedly.

1 Samuel 12:23

It would be unthinkable for me to sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. I will go on teaching you the way that is good and right.

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel said, “Gather all the Israelites together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”

1 Samuel 7:8

The Israelites said to Samuel, “Don’t turn a deaf ear to us! Don’t stop crying to the Lord our God for us! Ask him to save us from the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 8:6

But Samuel considered it wrong for them to request a king to judge them. So Samuel prayed to the Lord.