1 Samuel 12:17

Modern English Version

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord. And He will send thunder and rain, that you may know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, by asking for yourselves a king.”

Cross References

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name. They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.

Exodus 32:30

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin, and now I will go up to the Lord. Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, yet My heart would not be with this people. Cast them out of My sight and let them go!

Joshua 10:12

On the day the Lord gave over the Amorites to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord and said in full view of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

1 Samuel 12:13

And now behold the king whom you have chosen and for whom you have asked! Behold, the Lord has set a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:19

All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we will not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”

1 Samuel 2:10

The adversaries of the Lord will be broken to pieces; He will thunder against them out of heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to His king and exalt the horn of His anointed.”

1 Samuel 7:5

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

1 Samuel 8:6

But the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, because they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:7

The Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in relation to all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but Me they have rejected from reigning over them.