1 Samuel 7:6

Good News Translation

So they all gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water and poured it out as an offering to the Lord and fasted that whole day. They said, “We have sinned against the Lord.” (It was at Mizpah where Samuel settled disputes among the Israelites.)

Cross References

Genesis 31:49

Laban also said, “May the Lord keep an eye on us while we are separated from each other.” So the place was also named Mizpah.

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.

1 Kings 8:47

listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O Lord.

1 Chronicles 11:18

The three famous soldiers forced their way through the Philistine camp, drew some water from the well, and brought it back to David. But he would not drink it; instead he poured it out as an offering to the Lord

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was frightened and prayed to the Lord for guidance. Then he gave orders for a fast to be observed throughout the country.

Nehemiah 9:27

so you let their enemies conquer and rule them. In their trouble they called to you for help, and you answered them from heaven. In your great mercy you sent them leaders who rescued them from their foes.

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me; my eyes pour out tears to God.

Job 3:24

Instead of eating, I mourn, and I can never stop groaning.

Job 33:27

Each one will say in public, “I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

Job 42:6

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

Psalm 106:6

We have sinned as our ancestors did; we have been wicked and evil.

Psalm 119:136

My tears pour down like a river, because people do not obey your law.

Psalm 42:3

Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 6:6

I am worn out with grief; every night my bed is damp from my weeping; my pillow is soaked with tears.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in God at all times, my people. Tell him all your troubles, for he is our refuge.

Jeremiah 31:19

We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.’

Jeremiah 36:9

In the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, the people fasted to gain the Lord's favor. The fast was kept by all who lived in Jerusalem and by all who came there from the towns of Judah.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish my head were a well of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with weeping; my soul is in anguish. I am exhausted with grief at the destruction of my people. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 3:49

“My tears will pour out in a ceaseless stream

Lamentations 5:16

Nothing is left of all we were proud of. We sinned, and now we are doomed.

Ezekiel 20:4

“Are you ready to pass sentence on them, mortal man? Then do so. Remind them of the disgusting things their ancestors did.

Hosea 5:1

“Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice—so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,

Joel 2:12

“But even now,” says the Lord, “repent sincerely and return to me with fasting and weeping and mourning.

Leviticus 16:29

The following regulations are to be observed for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

Leviticus 26:40

“But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,

Luke 15:18

I will get up and go to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against God and against you.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,

Judges 10:10

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord and said, “We have sinned against you, for we left you, our God, and worshiped the Baals.”

Judges 10:15

But the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do whatever you like, but please, save us today.”

Judges 2:4

When the angel had said this, all the people of Israel began to cry,

Judges 20:26

Then all the people of Israel went up to Bethel and mourned. They sat there in the Lord's presence and did not eat until evening. They offered fellowship sacrifices and burned some sacrifices whole—all in the presence of the Lord.

Judges 3:10

The spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he became Israel's leader. Othniel went to war, and the Lord gave him the victory over the king of Mesopotamia.

1 Samuel 1:15

“No, I'm not drunk, sir,” she answered. “I haven't been drinking! I am desperate, and I have been praying, pouring out my troubles to the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:17

Samuel called the people together for a religious gathering at Mizpah

1 Samuel 12:10

Then they cried to the Lord for help and said, ‘We have sinned, because we turned away from you, Lord, and worshiped the idols of Baal and Astarte. Rescue us from our enemies, and we will worship you!’

1 Samuel 7:15

Samuel ruled Israel as long as he lived.