1 Samuel 15:11

God's Word

“I regret that I made Saul king. He turned away from me and did not carry out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he prayed to the Lord all night.

Cross References

Genesis 6:6

The Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken.

Genesis 6:7

So he said, “I will wipe off the face of the earth these humans that I created. I will wipe out not only humans, but also domestic animals, crawling animals, and birds. I’m sorry that I made them.”

2 Samuel 24:16

But when the Messenger stretched out his arm to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord changed his mind about the disaster. “Enough!” he said to the Messenger who was destroying the people. “Put down your weapon.” The Messenger of the Lord was at the threshing floor  of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Kings 11:9

So the Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the Lord: He did not obey the Lord’s word. He asked a medium to request information ⌞from a dead person⌟.

1 Chronicles 21:15

God also sent a Messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was destroying it, the Lord reconsidered and changed his mind about the disaster. “Enough!” he said to the destroying Messenger. “Put down your weapon.” The Messenger of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor  of Ornan the Jebusite.

Job 34:27

because they turned away from following him and didn’t consider any of his ways.

Psalm 109:4

In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”

Psalm 119:136

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because others do not follow your teachings.

Psalm 125:5

But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!

Psalm 36:3

The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God, and they pushed the Holy One of Israel to the limit.

Psalm 78:57

They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why are you so angry with your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand?

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord reconsidered his threat to destroy his people.

Jeremiah 11:10

They’ve gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors and refused to obey my words. They are following other gods and worshiping them. The nations of Israel and Judah have rejected the promise that I made to their ancestors.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you won’t listen, I will cry secretly over your arrogance. I will cry bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.

Jeremiah 34:16

Now you have changed again and dishonored me. You brought back the male and female slaves that you had set free to live their own lives. You have forced them to be your male and female slaves again.

Jeremiah 9:1

“I wish that my head were ⌞filled with⌟ water and my eyes were a fountain of tears so that I could cry day and night for my dear people who have been killed.

Jeremiah 9:18

They should come quickly and cry for us. Our eyes will run with tears. Our eyelids will flow with water.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them.

Amos 7:3

The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen,” the Lord said.

Jonah 3:10

God saw what they did. He saw that they turned from their wicked ways. So God reconsidered his threat to destroy them, and he didn’t do it.

Jonah 4:2

So he prayed to the Lord, “Lord, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That’s why I tried to run to Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, patient, and always ready to forgive and to reconsider your threats of destruction.

Zephaniah 1:6

I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”

Matthew 24:13

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you this: Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

Luke 6:12

At that time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Hebrews 10:38

The person who has God’s approval will live by faith. But if he turns back, I will not be pleased with him.”

Joshua 22:16

“All of the Lord’s congregation is asking, ‘What is this faithless act you have committed against the God of Israel?’ Today you have turned away from following the Lord by building an altar for yourselves. Today you have rebelled against the Lord!

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 13:13

“You did a foolish thing,” Samuel told Saul. “You didn’t follow the command of the Lord your God. ⌞If you had,⌟ the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel permanently.

1 Samuel 15:10

Then the Lord spoke to Samuel:

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack Amalek. Claim everything they have for God by destroying it. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, infants and children, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

1 Samuel 15:35

Samuel didn’t see Saul again before he died, though Samuel mourned over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king of Israel.

1 Samuel 15:9

Saul and the army spared Agag and the best sheep and cows, the fattened animals, the lambs, and all the best ⌞property⌟. The army refused to claim them for God by destroying them. But everything that was worthless and weak the army did claim for God and destroy.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord asked Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill a flask with olive oil and go. I’m sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem because I’ve selected one of his sons to be king.”

1 Samuel 8:6

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