1 Samuel 12:17

New American Bible - revised edition

Are we not in the harvest time for wheat? Yet I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. Thus you will see and understand how great an evil it is in the eyes of the Lord that you have asked for a king.”

Cross References

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who called on his name; they called on the Lord, and he answered them.

Exodus 32:30

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I may be able to make atonement for your sin.”

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer, like rain in harvest, honor for a fool is out of place.

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them away from me and let them go.

Joshua 10:12

It was then, when the Lord delivered up the Amorites to the Israelites, that Joshua prayed to the Lord, and said in the presence of Israel: Sun, stand still at Gibeon, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon!

1 Samuel 12:13

“Now here is the king you chose. See! The Lord has given you a king.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants, that we may not die for having added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 2:10

The Lord’s foes shall be shattered; the Most High in heaven thunders; the Lord judges the ends of the earth. May he give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed!”

1 Samuel 7:5

Samuel then gave orders, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, that I may pray to the Lord for you.”

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was displeased when they said, “Give us a king to rule us.” But he prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:7

The Lord said: Listen to whatever the people say. You are not the one they are rejecting. They are rejecting me as their king.