1 Samuel 15:23

New American Bible - revised edition

For a sin of divination is rebellion, and arrogance, the crime of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord in turn has rejected you as king.” Rejection of Saul.

Cross References

Jeremiah 28:16

For this, says the Lord, I am sending you from the face of the earth; this very year you shall die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.

1 Samuel 13:14

but now your kingship shall not endure. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart to appoint as ruler over his people because you did not observe what the Lord commanded you.” Philistine Invasion.

Leviticus 20:6

Should anyone turn to ghosts and spirits and prostitute oneself with them, I will turn against that person and cut such a one off from among the people.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions,

Jeremiah 29:32

therefore thus says the Lord, I will punish Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, and his descendants. None of them shall dwell among this people to see the good I will do for this people—oracle of the Lord—because he preached rebellion against the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said: “I will live with them and move among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.

Psalm 107:11

Because they rebelled against God’s word, and scorned the counsel of the Most High,

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

Exodus 22:18

Anyone who lies with an animal shall be put to death.

Genesis 31:34

Meanwhile Rachel had taken the household images, put them inside the camel’s saddlebag, and seated herself upon them. When Laban had rummaged through her whole tent without finding them,

Genesis 31:19

Now Laban was away shearing his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father’s household images.

Job 34:37

For he is adding rebellion to his sin by brushing off our arguments and addressing many words to God.”

Deuteronomy 9:7

Remember and do not forget how you angered the Lord, your God, in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious toward the Lord.

Leviticus 20:27

A man or a woman who acts as a medium or clairvoyant shall be put to death. They shall be stoned to death; their bloodguilt is upon them.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit.

Isaiah 19:3

The courage of the Egyptians shall ebb away within them, and I will bring their counsel to nought; They shall consult idols and charmers, ghosts and clairvoyants.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Inquire of ghosts and soothsayers who chirp and mutter; should not a people inquire of their gods, consulting the dead on behalf of the living,

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel: How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for from among his sons I have decided on a king.

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have been rebels against the Lord from the day I first knew you.

Numbers 14:9

Only do not rebel against the Lord! You need not be afraid of the people of the land, for they are but food for us! Their protection has left them, but the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.” The Lord’s Sentence.

Revelation 21:8

But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” The New Jerusalem.

1 Samuel 2:30

This, therefore, is the oracle of the Lord, the God of Israel: I said in the past that your family and your father’s house should minister in my presence forever. But now—oracle of the Lord: Far be it from me! I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me shall be cursed.

Acts 13:22

Then he removed him and raised up David as their king; of him he testified, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.’

1 Samuel 28:3

Now, Samuel was dead. All Israel had mourned him and buried him in his city, Ramah. Meanwhile Saul had driven mediums and diviners out of the land. Saul in Despair.

2 Samuel 7:15

but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul who was before you.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the Lord and done what is evil in his sight? You have cut down Uriah the Hittite with the sword; his wife you took as your own, and him you killed with the sword of the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 10:13

Thus Saul died because of his treason against the Lord in disobeying his word, and also because he had sought counsel from a ghost,

Jeremiah 16:12

And you have done worse than your ancestors. Here you are, every one of you, walking in the stubbornness of your evil heart instead of listening to me.

Hosea 3:4

For the Israelites will remain many days without king or prince, Without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household gods.

Joshua 22:15

When these came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they said to them:

Hosea 13:11

I give you a king in my anger, and I take him away in my wrath.