1 Samuel 12:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Now is the time of the wheat harvest. I will pray to the Lord and ask him to send thunder and rain. Then you will know you did a very bad thing against the Lord when you asked for a king.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7

The Lord told Samuel, “Do what the people tell you. They have not rejected you. They have rejected me. They don’t want me to be their king.

Proverbs 26:1

Just as snow should not fall in summer, nor rain at harvest time, so people should not honor a fool.

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for them. Send the people of Judah away from me! Tell them to go!

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron were some of his priests, and Samuel was one of the men who called on his name. They prayed to the Lord, and he answered them.

Joshua 10:12

On that day the Lord gave Israel the victory against the Amorites. Joshua stood before all the Israelites and said to the Lord: “Sun, stop over Gibeon. Moon, stand still over the Valley of Aijalon.”

1 Samuel 7:5

Samuel said, “All Israel must meet at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you.”

1 Samuel 8:6

So the elders asked for a king to lead them. Samuel thought this was a bad idea, so he prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 12:13

Now, here is the king you chose. The Lord put this king over you.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants. Don’t let us die! We have sinned many times. And now we have added to these sins—we have asked for a king.”

Exodus 32:30

The next morning Moses told the people, “You have committed a terrible sin! But now I will go up to the Lord, and maybe I can do something so that he will forgive you for your sin.”

1 Samuel 2:10

The Lord destroys his enemies. God Most High will thunder in heaven against people. The Lord will judge even the lands that are far away. He will give power to his king. He will make his chosen king strong.”